Advocacy Activities of Nonprofit Human Service Organizations: A Critical Review

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-35

  Almog Bar, Michal ^a   Schmid, Hillel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

advocacy; human service organizations; policy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891922221     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764013483212     Document Type: Review

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