Social Workers in Political Office: A Comparative Perspective on Recruitment, Career Patterns and Social Advocacy (Research in Social Work)

ISBN 10: 1447373480 / ISBN 13: 9781447373483

Verlag: Policy Press, 2025

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26403767422

Inhaltsangabe:

The first book to provide systematic and comparative empirical insights into a major way that social workers engage with policy – by holding elected office – this book analyses how and why social workers engage in electoral politics in liberal democracies.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Tobias Kindler is Research Associate at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and a doctoral candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sigrid Leitner is Professor of Social Policy at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Eva Maria Löffler is a social worker and Professor of Social Work at IU International University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg.

Klaus Stolz is a political scientist and Professor of British and American Social and Cultural Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Social Workers in Political Office: A ...
Verlag: Policy Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New