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ERIC Number: EJ553408
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0835-4944
The Limits of Empowerment in Anti-Nuclear Advocacy: A Case Study of Adult Education for Technological Literacy.
Regnier, Robert; Penna, Phillip
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, v10 n2 p37-62 Nov 1996
Using a theory of technological literacy, analysis of a project to oppose uranium mining in Saskatchewan revealed how the potential for empowerment is often overstated. Informing citizens to participate in critical discourse does not always lead to decisions reflecting their interests. (SK)
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Advocacy, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Critical Theory, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Antinuclear Movement; Saskatchewan
Note: Managing Editor, CJSAE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada.