Social Workers in Political Office - A Comparative Perspective on Recruitment, Career Patterns and Social Advocacy

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.

About the author

Tobias Kindler is a research associate at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Eva Maria Löffler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Klaus Stolz is Professor of British and American Social and Cultural Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tobias Kindler (Editor), Sigrid Leitner (Editor), Eva Maria Löffler (Editor), Klaus Stolz (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781447373483
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-7348-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work