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This study examined whether appraisals of 45th U.S. President Donald J. Trump by 1433 adolescents (M

Adolescents' awareness of societal inequality has been linked to higher civic engagement. This study expands prior research by testing whether awareness of inequality differentially motivates prosocial and political forms of civic engagement, whether adults' modeling of civic agency moderates links between awareness of inequality and civic engagement, and whether associations differ by race/ethnicity. Longitudinal data came from 3208 youth (M

The ethical responsibility of social work professionals is to promote social justice. Within democratic societies, this often translates as a call to engage in the political process. More recently,...

In order to attract and retain talent, Los Angeles–area employers have to develop special hiring packages that offset the city’s high cost of living (Lien, 2017). For employees who opt not to live ...

The political process refers to how individuals and groups make their concerns known to political actors. The animating force of the political process is social power. To that end, social workers should acquire political knowledge (e.g., factual understanding of voting rights) and critical analysis skills (e.g., an awareness of how social inequalities affect political outcomes) in order to support their clients’ and communities’ engagement in the political process.