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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... leaders probably will constitute most of the leadership super- structure in a GA , depending on its size . Underlying such election or appointment to leadership roles is the process whereby a member of a GA makes him- or herself known ...
... leaders , needs to be extended substantially . Leadership charisma in GAs has been little studied except for biographical studies ( Burwell , 1995 ; Finks , 1984 ) . A laboratory study of groups finds that crises foster the emergence of ...
David Horton Smith. TABLE 7.1 Comparison of Leadership and Environment in Grassroots Associations and Paid - Staff Voluntary Groups Grassroots Associations Leadership essential Mainly elected Volunteer leaders Low professionalism Higher ...
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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 |