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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David Horton Smith. then a specific end secondarily . Most GAs have member benefit goals , whereas most paid - staff VGs have nonmember benefit goals . In a stratified sample of GAs in a single suburb ( Appendix C ) , I found that ...
... benefit organizations rather than member benefit groups and , hence , do not seem to fit the needs of most GA founders . In sum , I hypothesize that group founders tend to form GAs partly because they have numerous other GAs as models ...
... Member benefit nonprofits such as GAs also serve the public and the public interest or general welfare cumulatively when aggregated for a territory , again without complete coverage of the public . But there probably is no less coverage ...
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Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
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