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Special interest society : how membership-based organizations shape America / by James R. Hudson ; with the assistance of Patricia A. Hudson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hudson, James R., 1933-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lobbying--Social aspects--United States.
- Lobbying.
- Nonprofit organizations--Social aspects--United States.
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Pressure groups--Social aspects--United States.
- Pressure groups.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- A voice for every interest : a primer on associations in America
- A brief perspective of the contributions made by MBOs
- Emergence
- Building and shaping the organization
- Building the member community
- I hear you knocking . . . but you can't come in
- The search for legitimacy
- Promote
- Protect
- Membership-based organizations as change agents
- The future is certain.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-7799-0
- OCLC:
- 861559442
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