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Careers in Focus: Activism
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9
  • ISBN-10: 0816080291
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-8029-8
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Ferguson
  • Published: 04/01/2011
  • Dewey Number: 322
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 200

Summary

Activists are committed individuals who seek to correct perceived problems in society by educating the public, taking direct action, and urging government officials to act. There are activism opportunities in politics and with government agencies, at colleges and universities, in law offices, with nonprofit advocacy organizations and foundations, in court systems, in foreign countries, and in countless other settings.

Careers in Focus: Activism profiles 20 careers for motivated people who want to make a difference in a rewarding position.

Job profiles include:

  • Animal activists
  • Community organizers
  • Elder law attorneys
  • Federal and state officials
  • Grant administrators
  • Health advocates
  • Human rights advocates
  • Lobbyists
  • Public interest lawyers
  • Victim advocates.

Specifications

Black-and-white photographs. Index. Resources. Interviews.

Reviews and Awards

"...[a] fine volume...The format is clean and the writing clear and down-to-earth, giving students a realistic glimpse into what it might be like to have th[is[ job and what they need to do now to work toward [it]."


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Careers in Focus: Activism
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