James R. Hudson

Special Interest Society

How Membership-based Organizations Shape America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Membership-based organizations play a central role in our society yet those studying voluntary associations fail to recognize their distinctive characteristics as their impact is profound and our understanding of them severely limited. By analyzing over 400 published histories...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780739177983
• ISBN-10: 0739177982
• Artikelnr.: 38474739

Autorenporträt

James R. Hudson, PhD, is professor emeritus at Penn State University and currently serves as the research director for the Melos Institute Patricia A. Hudson, MPsSc is a community psychologist and president of the Melos Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: A Voice for Every Interest: A primer
on Associations in America Chapter Two: A Brief Perspective of the
Contributions Made by MBOs Chapter Three: Emergence Chapter Four: Building
and Shaping the Organization Chapter Five: Building the Member Community
Chapter Six: I Hear You Knocking...But You Can't Come In Chapter Seven: The
Search for Legitimacy Chapter Eight: Promote Chapter Nine: Protect Chapter
Ten: Membership-Based Organizations as Change Agents Chapter Eleven: The
Future Is Certain Appendix: Membership-Based Organizations Included in the
Research Bibliography About the Authors