Julian Rappaport is an

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psychologist who introduced the concept of

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into social work and

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. He is a recipient of the

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's Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Career Award and of the Seymour B. Sarason Award for "novel and critical rethinking of basic assumptions and approaches to

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, education, and other areas of

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and action." Rappaport is professor emeritus at the

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. He received his

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from the

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. From 1977 he worked in the field of

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and social psychiatry in the context of the U.S. welfare crisis. His seminal work on empowerment is the 1984 book ''Studies in Empowerment''. A famous quote by Rappaport concerning

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is „Having rights but no resources and no services available is a cruel joke.“

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Homepage at University of Illinois
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