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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... field or " discipline , " nonprofit research probably now has a " million- year future . " What has been done during the past quarter - century or more in this nonprofit research field is very tiny relative to the research on nonprofits ...
... field of study and the fields of political science and economics in relation to the major sectors of society ... field of voluntary action research focusing on the VNPS , it is unlikely that either this sector or its research field ever ...
... field can be found in " Researching Volunteer Associations and Other Nonprofits : An Emergent Interdisciplinary Field and Potential New Discipline " ( Smith , forthcoming b ) . Concerted research on nonprofit organizations and voluntary ...
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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 |