In:
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, SAGE Publications, Vol. 19, No. 3 ( 1990-09), p. 263-278
Abstract:
This article reports on four and a half years of participant observation in two self-help associations, a Gray Panthers group and a Parents Circle of Young Drug Abusers. As the first step of our analysis, we developed a classification system for the activities of these groups (self-maintenance, mutual aid, socializing, voluntary work, and lobbying). This helped us to identify and characterize five developmental stages (solidarization, orienta tion, stabilization, differentiation, and institutionalization of one or more activity areas). We describe the development of the two groups and their transformation over time, suggest some hypotheses for further research, and discuss some implications of the results.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0899-7640
,
1552-7395
DOI:
10.1177/089976409001900307
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1990
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2029449-9
SSG:
3,4