Special Interest Society How

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: James R. Hudson, Patricia A. Hudson, Hudson James R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780739185384
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8538-4
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social groups, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Human Geography, Social groups, communities and identities