Building Coalitions in the Human Services (SAGE Human Services Guides)

By Milan J. Dluhy and Sanford L. Kravitz

In an age of decreasing public financing and support, how will human service agencies survive? For today′s successful political advocate for the disadvantaged, the answer is found in coalitions. Building Coalitions in the Human Services shows how human service groups can join forces and work together in order to more effectively leverage government resources, generate new non-governmental resources, and find substitute resources. The authors briefly evaluate thirteen working coalitions and describe how to organize, develop, and maintain effective coalitions. Exercises for practitioners and reflect-in-action sections provide readers with an opportunity to apply the knowledge presented in each chapter. Building Coalitions in the Human Services offers a goldmine of information for anyone working in the fields of social work, social welfare, policy studies, political science, health services, and organization studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803926049
• ISBN13: 9780803926042
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"