Political activities of social workers: Addressing perceived barriers to political participation

Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-325

  Rocha, Cynthia ^a   Poe, Bethanie ^a   Thomas, Veliska ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hatch act; IRS regulations; Lobbying; Policy practice; Political participation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LOBBYING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 79952109689     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/55.4.317     Document Type: Article

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