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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... present definitions differ from prior attempts by defining terms for indi- viduals and groups at the same time generally , terming either one individual or a group to be an entity . This approach highlights some important similarities ...
... present in paid - staff VGs ( and , by definition , they must have a sig- nificant amount ) , this needs to be nurtured and maintained by organizational ideologies that portray the VGs as worth contributing to as quasi - volunteer ...
David Horton Smith. present versions of such a phenomenon . That is the thrust of the present para- digm critique . The Developed World Flat - Earth Paradigm Horowitz ( 1972 ) brought to everyone's attention the three worlds of develop ...
Contents
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 |