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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Contents
Definitions and Metaphors | 7 |
Revising FlatEarth Maps | 33 |
PART | 62 |
Copyright | |
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Poverty and the Third Way Colin C Williams,Colin C. Williams,Jan Windebank No preview available - 2004 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Grassroots Associations |
| Author | David Horton Smith |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0803959923, 9780803959927 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General Social Science / Social Work Social Science / Sociology / General |
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