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Power and Identity in the Struggle for Social Justice

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In this chapter, I engage with issues of power and identity and explore empowerment as a strategy for transformation in contexts of oppression, privilege and inequality. A central focus for this chapter is a critical self-reflection or reflexivity on the development of my identity and social position as a white, professional, middle-class woman in power relations and how this has impacted on my community practice in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.

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    On the Gini-coefficient scale, 0 is perfectly equal and 1 represents a perfectly unequal society.

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  1. Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa

    Sandy Lazarus

  2. South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)-Unisa Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa

    Sandy Lazarus

  3. Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

    Sandy Lazarus

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Lazarus, S. (2018). Power and Identity. In: Power and Identity in the Struggle for Social Justice. Community Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99939-5_2

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