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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... meeting space only for meeting times at most ( not continuously by the month or year ) . GAs most often meet in members ' homes or in the buildings of other organiza- tions such as churches and synagogues ( Hodgkinson et al . , 1989 , p ...
... meetings of many self - help and other support GAS . In the suburban community that I studied ( Appendix C ) , the average ... Meeting spaces often are members ' homes . The national study of church con- gregations by Independent Sector ...
... meeting attendance and payment of dues , amounting to 1 or 2 hours per week ( see Chapter 2 ) . McPherson and Smith - Lovin ( 1982 ) found that GA members in their representative sample of Nebraska residents spent about 5.6 hours per ...
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Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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