Grassroots AssociationsThis 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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The creators and users of these schemes tend to assume implicitly that such classifications are the most important if we are to understand nonprofits and how they work.
The creators and users of these schemes tend to assume implicitly that such classifications are the most important if we are to understand nonprofits and how they work.
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To do this, one must actually use a substantial number of analytical type classifications on a broad sample of nonprofits, including GAs, comparing their utility with the alternative use of purposive types in finding important ...
To do this, one must actually use a substantial number of analytical type classifications on a broad sample of nonprofits, including GAs, comparing their utility with the alternative use of purposive types in finding important ...
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Volunteer nonprofits that serve a supralocal territory are not GAs, but they still are quite similar to GAs and important in their own right, although seldom studied among all voluntary associations. Supralocal volunteer associations ...
Volunteer nonprofits that serve a supralocal territory are not GAs, but they still are quite similar to GAs and important in their own right, although seldom studied among all voluntary associations. Supralocal volunteer associations ...
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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 between the need for bureaucratic ...
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 between the need for bureaucratic ...
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THE MAPMAKING METAPHOR AND THE FLAT-EARTH VNPS PARADIGMS In this book, I argue that there are several cognitive maps in common use by nonprofit scholars that are obscuring some important phenomena of the VNPS, particularly GA phenomena.
THE MAPMAKING METAPHOR AND THE FLAT-EARTH VNPS PARADIGMS In this book, I argue that there are several cognitive maps in common use by nonprofit scholars that are obscuring some important phenomena of the VNPS, particularly GA phenomena.
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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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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Grassroots Associations |
| Autor | David Horton Smith |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1452263450, 9781452263458 |
| Largo | 360 páginas |
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