Grassroots Associations,9780803959934

Grassroots Associations

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ISBN13: 9780803959934
ISBN10: 0803959931
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Pub. Date: 2000-05-11
Publisher(s): SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

David Horton Smith has been a Professor of Sociology at Boston College since 1976 and was associate Professor there from 1968 to 1976. He currently is on a leave of absence from the university

Table of Contents

Key Abbreviations in This Book ix
Foreword x
Preface xiii
PART I: TOWARD A ROUND-EARTH PARADIGM FOR THE VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT SECTOR
Introduction
3(1)
Nonprofit-Type Classifications
4(3)
Definitions and Metaphors
7(26)
The Connotative Definition of Grassroots Associations
7(3)
Some Broader Background on the Study of Associations
10(2)
The Astrophysical Dark Matter Metaphor
12(1)
The Mapmaking Metaphor and the Flat-Earth VNPS Paradigms
13(2)
Toward a Theory of Voluntary Altruism: Key Definitions
15(13)
Conclusion
28(5)
Revising Flat-Earth Maps: The Rest of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector
33(38)
Numbers of Associations and All Nonprofits
36(9)
People and Roles
45(8)
Time and Behavior
53(2)
Money and Property
55(5)
Conclusion
60(7)
PART II: THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF GRASSROOTS ASSOCIATIONS
Introduction
67(4)
Formational Characteristics
71(20)
The Basic GA Founder Choices
71(17)
Conclusion
88(3)
Internal Guidance Systems
91(16)
Moderate Amounts of Ideology
92(3)
Adequate Incentives and Satisfaction
95(8)
Secondary Importance of GA Incentives and Roles
103(1)
Conclusion
103(4)
Internal Structure
107(20)
Internal Structure
107(16)
Conclusion
123(4)
Internal Processes
127(22)
Internal Processes
127(19)
Conclusion
146(3)
Leaders and Environments
149(18)
Leadership
149(14)
GA Environments and Their Relationships to GAs
163(1)
Conclusion
164(3)
Life Cycle Changes
167(28)
Definitions
167(2)
Increasing Complexity in Work Organization, Including National Associations, With Age
169(2)
Complexity and the Life Cycle of GAs
171(2)
Causes of Complexity in GAs
173(5)
Alternatives to Complexity in GAs
178(3)
Other Factors Related to the Age of GAs
181(11)
Conclusion
192(3)
Impact and Effectiveness
195(22)
GA Impact
196(10)
GA Effectiveness
206(3)
General Effectiveness Studies
209(2)
Conclusion
211(4)
PART III: THEORETICAL PARADIGMS AND CONCLUSIONS
Introduction
215(2)
Flat-Earth Paradigms and a Round-Earth Paradigm Outline
217(26)
Metaphors and Paradigms for Understanding the VNPS
217(2)
Overview of Flat-Earth VNPS Paradigms
219(19)
Outline of a Round-Earth Paradigm of the VNPS
238(2)
Rating My Own Success in Following the Round-Earth Paradigm
240(1)
Conclusion
241(2)
Some Conclusions and Forecasts: The Advent of Homo Voluntas
243(20)
Long History of the VNPS
243(1)
One Nonprofit Sector or Two?
244(1)
Using a Balanced Round-Earth Paradigm of the VNPS
245(1)
One Contrarian Conclusion: No Financial Crisis for the VNPS as a Whole
246(2)
The Role of Volunteer Groups in Society
248(2)
The New Social Scientific Discipline of Voluntary Action Studies: 50 to 100 Years Away in the Future
250(1)
Policy Recommendations
250(1)
Past and Future Trends in VG Prevalence
251(1)
Determinants of VG Prevalence Growth Worldwide
252(2)
Expansion of Voluntary Role Choices in the Future, Especially in Postindustrial Societies
254(5)
The Voluntary Century and Volunteer Millennium: The Advent of Homo Voluntas
259(4)
Appendix A: Description of the (Largely North American) Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action 263(4)
Appendix B: Creating a Local Nonprofit Sampling Frame Including Grassroots Associations: An American Example 267(12)
A Multimethod Comprehensive Sampling Frame Creation Strategy for Nonprofits
268(5)
Cleaning the Data
273(1)
Other Countries
274(1)
Conclusion
275(4)
Appendix C: Methodology of the Smith One-Suburb Study 279(4)
References 283(38)
Index 321(21)
About the Author 342

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