Becoming an effective policy advocate :
Jansson, Bruce S.
Becoming an effective policy advocate : from policy practice to social justice / Bruce S. Jansson. - 3 Edition - Pacific Grove : Brooks/Cole Pub., ©1999. - xx, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Policy practice and policy advocacy: the fourth dimension of social work practice -- Why engage in policy practice and policy advocacy? -- Ethical, analytic, and political rationales for engaging in policy advocacy -- A policy practice framework for policy advocates: skills, tasks, and actions -- The big picture: policy practice in governmental, community, and agency settings -- Preparatory work: building agendas, analyzing problems, and writing proposals -- Building agendas -- Analyzing problems -- Finding policy options -- Writing policy proposals -- Policy persuasion -- Policy advocates and the political process -- Understanding "power" and "politics" -- Developing and using power -- Developing political strategy -- Putting political strategy into action -- After enacting policy -- Securing the implementation of policies -- Assessing policy implementation.
0-534-35520-X (alk. paper)
Social service -- United States.
United States -- Social policy.
DC 361.973 / J26
Becoming an effective policy advocate : from policy practice to social justice / Bruce S. Jansson. - 3 Edition - Pacific Grove : Brooks/Cole Pub., ©1999. - xx, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Policy practice and policy advocacy: the fourth dimension of social work practice -- Why engage in policy practice and policy advocacy? -- Ethical, analytic, and political rationales for engaging in policy advocacy -- A policy practice framework for policy advocates: skills, tasks, and actions -- The big picture: policy practice in governmental, community, and agency settings -- Preparatory work: building agendas, analyzing problems, and writing proposals -- Building agendas -- Analyzing problems -- Finding policy options -- Writing policy proposals -- Policy persuasion -- Policy advocates and the political process -- Understanding "power" and "politics" -- Developing and using power -- Developing political strategy -- Putting political strategy into action -- After enacting policy -- Securing the implementation of policies -- Assessing policy implementation.
0-534-35520-X (alk. paper)
Social service -- United States.
United States -- Social policy.
DC 361.973 / J26