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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They probably represent the smaller GAs in a community , so I will not consider the total number of GAs using 23.4 as a size estimate ( which would yield a still higher estimate of GA numbers than calculated earlier ) .
know that counting all or most VNPS employees as truly part of the sector probably is overcounting . Many paid - staff VGs are run mainly like businesses and essentially use tax exemption as what critics term tax avoidance , although ...
I argue that such GA charismatic leaders , and probably national ones , tend to be more extreme on most of the same dimensions of the active - effective character model that predict higher member participation in general ( Smith , 1994a ) ...
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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 Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |