Grassroots associations

Author(s)

• Smith, David Horton

Bibliographic Information

Grassroots associations

David Horton Smith

Sage Publications, c2000

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-320) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: TOWARD A ROUND-EARTH PARADIGM FOR THE VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT SECTOR Definitions and Metaphors Revising Flat-Earth Maps The Rest of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector PART TWO: THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF GRASSROOTS ASSOCIATIONS Formational Characteristics Internal Guidance Systems Internal Structure Internal Processes Leaders and Environments Life Cycle Changes Impact and Effectiveness PART THREE: THEORETICAL PARADIGMS AND CONCLUSIONS Flat-Earth Paradigms and the Round-Earth Paradigm in Outline Some Conclusions and Forecasts The Advent of Homo Voluntas

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Details

• NCID: BA47242175
• ISBN:
  • 0803959923
  • 0803959931
• LCCN: 99050814
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 342 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States
  • LCSH : Nonprofit organizations -- United States
  • LCSH : Voluntarism -- United States
  • LCSH : Social action -- United States