Altering state policy: Interest group effectiveness among state-level advocacy groups

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-227

  Hoefer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Human services; Interest groups; Policy making; Social welfare; State policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944507501     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.3.219     Document Type: Article

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