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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... associations were asked about to the respondents sepa- rately as aided recall . The NORC questions ( Verba and Nie , 1972 , pp . 178-79 ; Verba et al . , 1995 , pp . 60-61 ) use about twice as many aided recall association types . Only ...
... Associations in Hyderabad . " Anthropological Quarterly 37 : 175-90 . 1973. " Voluntary Associations in History : From Paleolithic to Present Times . " Pp . 9-28 in Voluntary Action Research : 1973 , edited by David H. Smith . Lexington ...
... Associations ) . Zeitschrift für Soziologie 7 : 56-71 . Fuller , Lon L. 1969. " Two Principles of Human Associations . " Pp . 45-57 in Voluntary Associations , edited by J. R. Pennock and J. W. Chapman . New York : Atherton . Gamson ...
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Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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