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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... McPherson and his colleagues refer to this as the " niche " or " niche position " of the GA in the local community of GAS ( McPherson , 1983a ; McPherson , Popielarz , and Drobnic , 1992 ; McPherson and Ranger - Moore , 1991 ; McPherson ...
... ( McPherson and Ranger - Moore , 1991 ) . Types of GAs also tend to have characteristic niches in a community ( McPherson , 1983a , p . 526 ) . Popielarz and McPherson ( 1995 ) show that this GA homogeneity is main- tained by a niche edge ...
... McPherson , J. M. , Pamela Popielarz , and Sonja Drobnic . 1992. “ Social Networks and Organiza- tional Dynamics . " American Sociological Review 57 : 153-70 . McPherson , J. M. and James Ranger - Moore . 1991. “ Evolution on a Dancing ...
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Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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