Grassroots AssociationsGrassroots 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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... directors who are chief executive officers , and other appointed leaders . Gen- erally , paid - staff VGs have less participative decision making , more hierarchy , and more oligarchy than do GAs , like most work organizations in ...
... director or equiva- lent , as well as on the board of directors ( see long list of reference citations two paragraphs earlier ) . Hall ( 1990 ) finds , from a case study of a museum , that non- profit and managerial subcultures are in ...
... director of research at the center to pursue my idea of developing an academic association for this field . James Shultz , the first director of the center , and later John Dixon , the second director , were instrumental in making these ...
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Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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Poverty and the Third Way Colin C Williams,Colin C. Williams,Jan Windebank No preview available - 2004 |