Describe the concept of personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment.

• Describe the concept of personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment.
• Explain an individual’s involvement in multiple social systems–micro, mezzo, and macro–within the environment.
• Discuss the macro system response to child maltreatment, sexual abuse, crime, and delinquency.
• Compare and contrast the application of functionalism and interactionist theory to poverty.
• Describe the role and responsibility of the human service worker in the macro environment.