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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... human beings as entities ( Smith , 1981 ) , nor is it a pure set of selfish or self / entity - serving goals . This still fits with the origins of the word altruism from Latin " other - concern . " Such a significant mixture is far ...
... human capital ? Or , does it really depend on their total value to humankind , based on something like " psychosocial leadership capital " or skills ( human capital ) but going far beyond this economic approach ? Psychosocial leadership ...
... human societies have arisen entirely de novo , without any links to the human past in a given society or to similar devel- opments in other societies . Human cultures maintain the social momentum of earlier versions of a given society ...
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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 |