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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... especially with regard to volunteer programs located in work organiza- tions such as paid - staff nonprofits , businesses ( e.g. , proprietary hospitals ) , and government agencies . • Perhaps some research funding organizations , such ...
... ( especially from specific others in person ) now is known to be far from an unalloyed set of satisfactions for such recipients . In nonmember / " public " service - oriented VGs , there are potentially high costs to the recipients ...
... especially true for the misapplication of such research findings to GAs . Leat ( 1993 ) comes to a similar conclusion , comparing for - profit and paid - staff nonprofit organizations in the United Kingdom . She finds that these two ...
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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 |