TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jansson, Bruce S.
TI  - Becoming an effective policy advocate : : from policy practice to social justice / 
SN  - 0-534-35520-X (alk. paper)
U1  - DC 361.973 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Pacific Grove : 
PB  - Brooks/Cole Pub.
KW  - Social service -- United States
KW  - United States -- Social policy
N1  - 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
ER  -