Policy advocacy is widely regarded as an eminent feature of nonprofit organizations'
activities, allowing them to represent their constituencies. The article presents a literature …

Since the publication of its first edition in 2005, Advocacy Practice for Social Justice has
served as a clear, comprehensive, and practical resource for social work courses in …

While advocacy was essential to establishing the field of marriage and family therapy, at
present a social and political advocacy skill set is lacking for the typical marriage and family …

Policy advocacy is an increasingly important function for many nonprofit organizations, yet
their advocacy activities have largely escaped theoretical grounding. The literature on …

Nonprofit and voluntary associations have a long history of defending the rights of their
members, clients, and the public. Despite a burgeoning literature on advocacy by nonprofit …

Because social policy making continues to devolve to the state level, social workers should
understand how advocacy and policy making occur at that level. Interest groups active in the …

Based on information collected from Washington, DC-based interest groups active in
influencing social welfare policy, I have identified seven tactics that highly effective groups …

The development of electronic advocacy techniques have offered advocates important ways
to deal with the challenges presented by the new advocacy environment. These challenges …

Environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) have emerged as important actors
with regard to their interest in encouraging and supporting the dissemination of …

Existing nonprofit advocacy literature has overwhelmingly focused on explaining what
factors affect nonprofit participation in policy advocacy, while paying little attention to …