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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... conference including about 100 non - U.S . participants from 22 nations on four continents and Australia ( my ... conferences have 264 GRASSROOTS ASSOCIATIONS.
... conference in Arlington , Virginia , up from 125 in 1991 , and the number of conference participants has increased correspondingly . The membership of more than 1,000 independent scholars and practitioners at the end of 1999 has grown ...
... conference of the Association of Researchers on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action , Berkeley , CA , October . 1995a . " Churches Are Mainly Member Benefit Nonprofits , Not Public Benefit Nonprof- its . " Paper presented at ...
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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 |