Grassroots AssociationsThis volume explores the world of grassroots organizations and outlines their history while differentiating them from the more familiar paid-staff nonprofit organizations. David Horton Smith, a leading scholar on the nonprofit and voluntary sector, examines the available empirical research on the topic and analyzes the theoretical concepts that have come to define such associations. He affords the reader a complete, detailed description of the nature and characteristics of grassroots organizations, their formation, structure, leadership, life cycle, effectiveness, and their integral role in postmodern societies. |
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... scholars who have studied what he calls " grassroots associations " ( GAs ) , and it presents important new theoretical constructs for helping us under- stand these groups . The book should help rebalance this scholarly field . Smith ...
... scholars who have studied what he calls " grassroots associations " ( GAs ) , and it presents important new theoretical constructs for helping us under- stand these groups . The book should help rebalance this scholarly field . Smith ...
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... scholars and students new to the field will find his long list of references valuable . At different points in the book , Smith says he has come across more than 2,000 references related to the topic , citing about 1,200 of them . He is ...
... scholars and students new to the field will find his long list of references valuable . At different points in the book , Smith says he has come across more than 2,000 references related to the topic , citing about 1,200 of them . He is ...
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... scholars who has given serious general attention to the smaller , more informal , often unregistered nonprofit groups . He criticizes people who , in their passion for " bigness and brightness , " ignore the smaller groups . The ...
... scholars who has given serious general attention to the smaller , more informal , often unregistered nonprofit groups . He criticizes people who , in their passion for " bigness and brightness , " ignore the smaller groups . The ...
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... scholars existing today is the paid - staff nonprofit flat - earth VNPS paradigm . It overemphasizes the larger , wealthier , older , more visible nonprofits in which most of the work is done by paid staff rather than by volunteers ...
... scholars existing today is the paid - staff nonprofit flat - earth VNPS paradigm . It overemphasizes the larger , wealthier , older , more visible nonprofits in which most of the work is done by paid staff rather than by volunteers ...
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... Scholars as the forerunner of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action ( ARNOVA ) and by the Journal of Voluntary Action Research as the forerunner of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly ( see ...
... Scholars as the forerunner of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action ( ARNOVA ) and by the Journal of Voluntary Action Research as the forerunner of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly ( see ...
Contents
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The Rest of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector | 33 |
Part II The Distinctive Nature of Grassroots Associations | 65 |
Introduction | 67 |
Chapter 3 Formational Characteristics | 71 |
Chapter 4 Internal Guidance Systems | 91 |
Chapter 5 Internal Structure | 107 |
Part III Theoretical Paradigms and Conclusions | 213 |
Introduction | 215 |
Chapter 10 FlatEarth Paradigms and a RoundEarth Paradigm Outline | 217 |
The Advent of Homo Voluntas | 243 |
Description of the Largely North American Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action | 263 |
Creating a Local Nonprofit Sampling Frame Including Grassroots Associations An American Example | 267 |
Methodology of the Smith OneSuburb Study | 279 |
References | 283 |
Chapter 6 Internal Processes | 127 |
Chapter 7 Leaders and Environments | 149 |
Chapter 8 Life Cycle Changes | 167 |
Chapter 9 Impact and Effectiveness | 195 |
Index | 321 |
About the Author | 342 |
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