Highly effective human services interest groups: Seven key practices

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Hoefer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Community practice; Interest groups; Lobbying; Political social work; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937334811     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v09n02_01     Document Type: Article

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