Table Of ContentAdvocacy Practice for Social Justice
Advocacy Practice for Social
Justice
FOURTH EDITION
Richard Hoefer
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Hoefer, Richard, author.
Title: Advocacy practice for social justice / Richard Hoefer.
Description: Fourth edition. | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018035405 (print) | LCCN 2018038031 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780190916589 (updf) | ISBN 9780190916596 (epub) |
ISBN 9780190916572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Social advocacy.
Classification: LCC HV40 (ebook) |
LCC HV40 .H628 2019 (print) | DDC 361.3— dc23
LC record available at https:// lccn.loc.gov/ 2018035405
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To Paula Homer and Sharon Hoefer, for shaping the past,
making the present, and creating the future.
CONTENTS
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
1. The Unified Model of Advocacy Practice 1
Defining Advocacy and Advocacy Practice 2
The Broader Context for Advocacy Practice 12
Conclusion 18
2. Social Work Ethics, Values, and Advocacy Practice for Social Justice 20
Advocacy in the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of
Ethics 21
Social Justice in the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of
Ethics 22
Distributive Justice 23
Examples of Ethical Issues in Advocacy Practice 29
Conclusion 33
3. Getting Involved 36
Why Are Some People Active in Politics? 38
Are Social Workers Politically Active? 39
What Are Social Workers Trying to Accomplish With Advocacy? 42
Influencing the Factors That Lead to Getting Involved 44
Conclusion 54
4. Understanding the Issue 56
Step 1: Define the Issue 57
Step 2: Decide Who Is Affected and How They Are Affected by the
Issue 63
Step 3: Decide What the Main Causes of the Issue Are 65
Step 4: Generate Possible Solutions to the Issue 66
Step 5: Review Proposed Solutions to Determine Their Impact on Social
Justice 70
Conclusion 73
5. Planning in Advocacy Practice 75
Definition of Planning 76
What Do You Want? Using Advocacy Mapping to Describe Your
Agenda 76 vii
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Who Can Get You What You Want? Identifying Your Target 86
When Can or Should You Act to Get What You Want? 87
Conclusion 88
6. Advocating Through Education, Persuasion, and Negotiation 89
Education 89
Persuasion 93
Negotiation 109
Conclusion 113
7. Presenting Your Information Effectively 115
Pre- Suasion 115
Information 118
Presenting the Information 119
Working with the Media 132
Conclusion 140
8. Electronic Advocacy 142
What Is Electronic Advocacy? 142
Organizational Attributes of the Use of Electronic Advocacy 143
The Growing Influence of the Information Age 144
Concepts for Using the Web and Social Media in an Advocacy
Campaign 147
Using Specific Electronic Advocacy Tools in an Advocacy Campaign 151
Conclusion 158
9. Evaluating Advocacy 160
Increase in Support for Evidence- Based Advocacy Practice and
Evaluation 161
Observation Phase 163
Judgment Phase 171
Difficulties in Evaluation 175
Conclusion 176
10. Ongoing Monitoring 178
Differences in Advocacy Between Legislative and Executive Branches 182
Influencing the Regulation- Writing Process 184
Influencing the Budgetary Process 187
Influencing the Implementation Process 189
Conclusion 191
11. Integrating Advocacy Practice into Your Social Work Practice 193
The Progressive Era 193
The Great Depression and the New Deal 195
The 1960s: War on Poverty and the Great Society 196
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Between the 1960s and the End of the 20th Century: Keeping Hope
Alive 197
Advocacy Practice in the 21st Century 198
Integrating Advocacy Practice into Your Social Work Practice 199
References 211
Index 223
