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Author Hudson, James R., 1933-2018.

Title Special Interest Society : How Membership-Based Organizations Shape America.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
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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.
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.
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Subject Nonprofit organizations -- Social aspects -- United States.
Nonprofit organizations.
Social aspects.
United States.
Pressure groups -- Social aspects -- United States.
Pressure groups.
Lobbying -- Social aspects -- United States.
Lobbying.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hudson, James R. Special Interest Society : How Membership-Based Organizations Shape America. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013 9780739177983
ISBN 9780739177990
0739177990
0739177982 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780739177983 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 40022842661