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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... roles simply are more important to most people than their leisure roles in GAs . However , if the individuals in question are not in the labor force ( e.g. , homemakers , retired ) , then GA roles can have high importance . Volunteer ...
... roles if they wish . This permits Internet interac- tions among people to be liberated pluralistically by the technology involved . At the same time , one can foster and expand one's ascriptive role identifications , such as race ...
... roles , although highly differentiated by gender . In the skilled trades , the sons of master craftsmen usually carried on with the family traditions in the spe- cific trades . Only wealthy men of property , themselves descended from ...
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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 |