Grassroots AssociationsSAGE Publications, 2000 M05 11 - 360 páginas This volume explores the world of grassroots organizations and outlines their history while differentiating them from the more familiar paid-staff nonprofit organizations. David Horton Smith, a leading scholar on the nonprofit and voluntary sector, examines the available empirical research on the topic and analyzes the theoretical concepts that have come to define such associations. He affords the reader a complete, detailed description of the nature and characteristics of grassroots organizations, their formation, structure, leadership, life cycle, effectiveness, and their integral role in postmodern societies. |
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... PARADIGM FOR THE VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT SECTOR Introduction Nonprofit - Type Classifications Chapter 1 : Definitions ... VNPS Paradigms Toward a Theory of Voluntary Altruism : Key Definitions Conclusion ix X xiii 3 4 7 7 10 12 13 15 28 ...
... PARADIGM FOR THE VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT SECTOR Introduction Nonprofit - Type Classifications Chapter 1 : Definitions ... VNPS Paradigms Toward a Theory of Voluntary Altruism : Key Definitions Conclusion ix X xiii 3 4 7 7 10 12 13 15 28 ...
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... PARADIGMS AND CONCLUSIONS 169 171 173 178 181 192 195 196 206 209 211 Introduction 215 Chapter 10 : Flat - Earth Paradigms and a Round - Earth Paradigm Outline 217 Metaphors and Paradigms for Understanding the VNPS 217 Overview of Flat - ...
... PARADIGMS AND CONCLUSIONS 169 171 173 178 181 192 195 196 206 209 211 Introduction 215 Chapter 10 : Flat - Earth Paradigms and a Round - Earth Paradigm Outline 217 Metaphors and Paradigms for Understanding the VNPS 217 Overview of Flat - ...
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... VNPS in related but different major ways . I define a flat - earth VNPS paradigm as any general perspective on the VNPS that omits major " territories " of the sector . So defined , flat - earth VNPS paradigms can be avoided only by ...
... VNPS in related but different major ways . I define a flat - earth VNPS paradigm as any general perspective on the VNPS that omits major " territories " of the sector . So defined , flat - earth VNPS paradigms can be avoided only by ...
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... ( VNPS ) that is GAs was what caught DeTocqueville's ( [ 1845 ] 1945 ) eye when he visited America about 160 years ago . He thought , probably incorrectly , that such GAs were a pecu- liarly " American " type of group and activity . Brown ...
... ( VNPS ) that is GAs was what caught DeTocqueville's ( [ 1845 ] 1945 ) eye when he visited America about 160 years ago . He thought , probably incorrectly , that such GAs were a pecu- liarly " American " type of group and activity . Brown ...
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... VNPS , we are much more certain that the dark matter exists and that it consists of GAs and associational volunteers . In studying the VNPS , many scholars have been concerned mainly with the bright or most visible nonprofits such as ...
... VNPS , we are much more certain that the dark matter exists and that it consists of GAs and associational volunteers . In studying the VNPS , many scholars have been concerned mainly with the bright or most visible nonprofits such as ...
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The Rest of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector | 33 |
Part II The Distinctive Nature of Grassroots Associations | 65 |
Introduction | 67 |
Chapter 3 Formational Characteristics | 71 |
Chapter 4 Internal Guidance Systems | 91 |
Chapter 5 Internal Structure | 107 |
Part III Theoretical Paradigms and Conclusions | 213 |
Introduction | 215 |
Chapter 10 FlatEarth Paradigms and a RoundEarth Paradigm Outline | 217 |
The Advent of Homo Voluntas | 243 |
Description of the Largely North American Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action | 263 |
Creating a Local Nonprofit Sampling Frame Including Grassroots Associations An American Example | 267 |
Methodology of the Smith OneSuburb Study | 279 |
References | 283 |
Chapter 6 Internal Processes | 127 |
Chapter 7 Leaders and Environments | 149 |
Chapter 8 Life Cycle Changes | 167 |
Chapter 9 Impact and Effectiveness | 195 |
Index | 321 |
About the Author | 342 |
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