Grassroots AssociationsSAGE Publications, 11 mai 2000 - 342 pages Grassroots Associations is a comprehensive review and critique of empirical and theoretical research on grassroots, nonprofit and voluntary organizations. David Horton Smith examines in depth the distinctive nature and characteristics of a previously under-studied area which includes such groups as Alchoholics Anonymous, community-environmental action committees and church Bible study groups. He addresses: group formation, structure, process, leadership, and life cycle change; effectiveness; the influence such associations have on society; the future of grassroots associations, which he sees as integral to a postmodern society moving towards participatory democracy, self-determinism and individual choice. |
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Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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activities adults affiliates agencies Alcoholics Anonymous analytical members argue associational volunteers autonomy benefit goals Chapter churches circa complexity dark matter defined definition earlier economic employees estimate external flat-earth paradigm flat-earth VNPS formal founders FTEs fundamentally deviant funding GAs tend Grassroots Associations Gronbjerg Hodgkinson and Weitzman ideology impact important incentives Independent Sector informal internal democracy involved IRS records Knoke larger leaders leadership less mainly major maps McPherson member benefit membership million Milofsky monomorphic national associations nonmember benefit Nonprofit Organizations nonprofit sector oligarchy organizational paid paid-staff nonprofits paid-staff VGs participation political polymorphic GAs population professional program volunteers quasi-volunteer result revenues roles round-earth paradigm Salamon sample sampling frame scholars self-help GAs semiformal Smith social movement society specific structure teers territorial tion Traunstein types United usually Verba versus VNPS paradigm Voluntary Action Research voluntary altruism voluntary associations Voluntary Sector volunteer groups Wuthnow
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