POLICY MAKING, ADVOCACY AND ANALYSIS IN THE U.S. LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM 2017

Social science professions, historically and currently, seek to promote social justice through the equitable provision of benefits and services to assist all individuals, families, and communities to develop and function to their fullest potential. Advanced policy analysis skills and the ability to advocate for policy change at the federal, state, and local level has been an important professional activity and remains now as part of “policy practice.”