Advocacy with Gloves on: The "Manners" of strategy used by some third sector organizations undertaking advocacy in NSW and Queensland

Voluntas

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-61

  Onyx, Jenny ^a   Armitage, Lisa ^a   Dalton, Bronwen ^a   Melville, Rose ^b   Casey, John ^c   Banks, Robin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Public Interest Advocacy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Professionalization; Strategies; Third sector

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77249151419     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-009-9106-z     Document Type: Article

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