Liberating and Empowering Effects of Critical Reflection on Collective Action in LGBT and Cisgender Heterosexual Individuals.
Critical consciousness represents the transformation from a passive target of oppression to an active actor with an increased capacity to analyze and negotiate conditions of oppression. It is considered as an antidote for oppression that can liberate people from oppressive ideologies and empower the...
| Published in: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 65; no. 1/2; pp. 63 - 78 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2020
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