Social Welfare Interest Groups: An Underutilized Resource

Authors

Fred Barbaro, Adelphi University

Abstract

This paper addresses the need for increased political activity by the professional social work community in order to enhance its own status and to promote the growth of the social welfare institutions required by our clientele. It is not a polemic but an attempt to bare the relationship between social welfare bureaucracies and the political system. The results of a study on interest group behavior are reported. Social workers, as an interest group, can be more effective in advancing the goals of the profession if they have a better understanding of the political process and thereby maximize the impact of their limited resources.

Recommended Citation

Barbaro, Fred (1978) "Social Welfare Interest Groups: An Underutilized Resource," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 5: Iss. 3, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1291
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol5/iss3/10