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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... later - borns in families , firstborns tend to be more conscien- tious and extraverted ( p . 73 ) and , hence , more likely to exhibit leadership . Also , later - borns are exposed to life experiences that tend to make them much more ...
... later in their life cycles . Greater GA age gives a GA time to experiment with different fund - raising events and to figure out , often by trial and error , what event it might want to have as " its own . " This process obviously is ...
... later John Dixon , the second director , were instrumental in making these resources available . Those who find congenial the " resource mobilization " perspective on social movement origins and growth ( McCarthy and Zald , 1977 ) will ...
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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 |