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SAGE Journal User Guide

Article 1:

Brandt, M.J., Reyna, C., Chambers, J.R., Crawford, J.T., & Wetherell, G. (2014). The Ideological-Conflict Hypothesis: Intolerance Among Both Liberals and Conservatives. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(1). pp. 27-34.

Although previous research has indicated that political conservatives appear more intolerant toward a variety of groups than political liberals, studies conducted by these authors indicate that liberals and conservatives express similar levels of intolerance toward ideologically dissimilar and threatening groups. 

Questions to Consider:

1. How does motivated information processing impact an individual’s ability to form impressions?  How would this impact a social worker’s ability to advocate at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels? 

2. How does worldview violation lead to intolerance?

3. What are some of the issues that would benefit from further exploration, based on the findings of these authors?

Article 2:

Almog-Bar, M. & Schmid, H. (2014). Advocacy Activities of Nonprofit Human Service Organizations: A Critical Review. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 43 (1). pp. 11-35. 

This article reviews a variety of research on policy advocacy by nonprofit human service organizations.  The characteristics and contributions of advocacy are identified, as well as the prevalence and effectiveness of policy advocacy activities.

Questions to Consider:

1. How has the definition of advocacy shifted over time?

2. What is the current state of advocacy in nonprofit human service organizations?

3. In what way does dependence on government funding impact advocacy activities?