Overview

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.

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9781447373483

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“Cutting-edge research and an important contribution to understanding and promoting the political engagement of social workers.” Günter Rieger, DHBW Stuttgart

Author Information

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.

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