Description |
1 online resource (296 pages) |
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text file |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Voice for Every Interest; Tenet One: MBOs Are Necessary for a Thriving Democracy; 2 A Brief Perspective of the Contributions Made by MBOs; 3 Emergence; Tenet Two: MBOs Are Ubiquitous; 4 Building and Shaping the Organization; 5 Building the Membership Community; 6 I Hear You Knocking ... But You Can't Come In!; 7 The Search for Legitimacy; Tenet Three: MBOs Serve a Collective Need as Micro-Democracies; 8 Promote; 9 Protect; Tenet Four: MBOs Are Agents of Social Change; 10 Membership-Based Organizations as Change Agents; 11 The Future Is Certain. |
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AppendixBibliography; Index; About the Authors. |
Summary |
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, this book breaks new ground revealing why they emerge, what they do to shape nearly every profession, trade and personal avocation, and how they influence their members' personal and professional lives and that of the larger society. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Nonprofit organizations -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Nonprofit organizations. |
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Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Pressure groups -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Pressure groups. |
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Lobbying -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Lobbying. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hudson, James R. Special Interest Society : How Membership-Based Organizations Shape America. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013 9780739177983 |
ISBN |
9780739177990 |
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0739177990 |
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0739177982 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780739177983 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
40022842661 |
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