Thinking about think tanks: Strategies for progressive social work

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-307

  Miller Cribbs, Julie E ^a   Cagle, Brent E ^b   Natale, Anthony P ^a   Cummings, Zoe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Political strategies; Progressives; Social welfare policy; Think tanks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954157422     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588742.2010.487251     Document Type: Article

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