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.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction – Sigrid Leitner and Klaus Stolz
1. Austria – Iris Kohlfürst
2. Canada – Anne-Marie Mc Laughlin and Jane Slessor
3. Czech Republic – Agnieszka Zogata-Kusz and Tatiana Matulayová
4. Finland – Christian Kroll and Helena Blomberg
5. Germany – Eva Maria Löffler
6. Israel – Idit Weiss-Gal
7. Italy – Riccardo Guidi and Martina Francesconi
8. Portugal – Francisco Branco
9. Switzerland – Tobias Kindler
10. UK – Joanne Warner and Christin Reuter
11. USA- Shannon Lane
Conclusion – Sigrid Leitner and Klaus Stolz
Circa l’autore
Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. Her main research interests are comparative social policy analysis, gender effects of social policy, and social work as a political actor.
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