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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... Smith's book brings much - needed attention to this dark matter of the nonprofit universe . Public benefit is , in fact , a questionable term , Smith says . He prefers non- member benefit to public benefit . Although that substitution ...
... Smith's book brings much - needed attention to this dark matter of the nonprofit universe . Public benefit is , in fact , a questionable term , Smith says . He prefers non- member benefit to public benefit . Although that substitution ...
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... ( Smith and Dover , forthcoming ) . Most of the book deals with empiri- cal and theoretical GA characteristics . I have tried to think of many of the important questions about GAs and then to answer them based on the theory and / or ...
... ( Smith and Dover , forthcoming ) . Most of the book deals with empiri- cal and theoretical GA characteristics . I have tried to think of many of the important questions about GAs and then to answer them based on the theory and / or ...
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... Smith ( no relation ) and Freedman ( 1972 ; see also D. Smith , 1975 , and Knoke , 1986 , for overviews ) . I present and expand on some microtheories of GAs and develop inductively a broad theory of GAs of my own throughout the book ...
... Smith ( no relation ) and Freedman ( 1972 ; see also D. Smith , 1975 , and Knoke , 1986 , for overviews ) . I present and expand on some microtheories of GAs and develop inductively a broad theory of GAs of my own throughout the book ...
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... Smith , 1973c , 1997c ) . Weber ( 1972 ) , writing in 1910 or so , proposed a " sociology of associations " for these important phenomena . Harrison ( 1960 ) reanalyzes Weber , stating that voluntary associations represent a balance ...
... Smith , 1973c , 1997c ) . Weber ( 1972 ) , writing in 1910 or so , proposed a " sociology of associations " for these important phenomena . Harrison ( 1960 ) reanalyzes Weber , stating that voluntary associations represent a balance ...
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David Horton Smith. time , where they properly belong . But the notion of serious leisure also points up the fact that , unlike ... Smith , 1997d ) . Some- thing big clearly is missing in both realms . As it turns out , there seems to be ...
David Horton Smith. time , where they properly belong . But the notion of serious leisure also points up the fact that , unlike ... Smith , 1997d ) . Some- thing big clearly is missing in both realms . As it turns out , there seems to be ...
Contenido
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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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