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Moving From Professionalism To Political Advocacy In The Human Services--How To Organize A Successful Statewide Political Effort In Youth Services, Milan J. Dluhy Sep 1984

Moving From Professionalism To Political Advocacy In The Human Services--How To Organize A Successful Statewide Political Effort In Youth Services, Milan J. Dluhy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The current funding environment makes political advocacy on the part of social work professionals mandatory. The social work literature on political advocacy is reviewed and categorized into schools of thought. The major portion of the paper, however, presents and then analyzes a case study of a statewide youth services association in order to gain more insight into how professional social workers can develop and use more successful political strategies and tactics.


The Relative Effectiveness Of Legislative Campaigning In A School Of Social Work, L. K. Northwood, Mike Parker Sep 1984

The Relative Effectiveness Of Legislative Campaigning In A School Of Social Work, L. K. Northwood, Mike Parker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There are three interrelated strategies commonly used by social workers for coping with the conservative attack on social welfare institutions: client advocacy, electoral, and policy strategies. The paper evaluates the relative effectiveness of the policy strategy when 532 members of a school of social work were asked to write their legislators in support of progressive legislation. Five indicators of the relative effectiveness of this campaign were identified and assessed. The campaign is adjudged relatively effective from the standpoint of enlisting and motivating participants "ready for service or action' (action potential); in implementing a formal plan or organization--a "connected series of …


The U.S. In Central America And The Caribbean, Michael J. Kryzanek Mar 1984

The U.S. In Central America And The Caribbean, Michael J. Kryzanek

Bridgewater Review

The revolution in Central America has not only helped most Americans learn where El Salvador and Nicaragua are situated on the map, but, more importantly, it has placed before them two opposing interpretations of what is actually going on in that part of the world. By the Reagan Administration, the American public is told that the fighting in this region is a result of communist expansionism. The Salvadoran rebels, in concert with the Nicaraguans and the Cubans, are seeking to spread their influence and establish Marxist satellite states. Those who disagree with the Reagan position claim that the outbreak of …


A New Direction In Japanese Defense Policy: Views From The Liberal Democratic Party Diet Members, Steven Kent Vogel Jan 1984

A New Direction In Japanese Defense Policy: Views From The Liberal Democratic Party Diet Members, Steven Kent Vogel

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.


The Communist Party Of China: Party Powers And Group Politics From The Third Plenum To The Twelfth Party Congress, Hung-Mao Tien Jan 1984

The Communist Party Of China: Party Powers And Group Politics From The Third Plenum To The Twelfth Party Congress, Hung-Mao Tien

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.


Acid Rain: A Complex Issue For Minnesota Jan 1984

Acid Rain: A Complex Issue For Minnesota

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.