Strategies of public participation among leaders of formal and informal associations
This article emphasizes theimportance of looking beyond formal NGOs to those informal groups and societies which may be thebasis of much social participation as well as the source for new social movements and formal organizations.Data for this article is drawn from qualitative research conducted in May 2011 by the authorsand a team of student researchers, consisting of four in-depth interviews in each of 12 organizations,ranging from formal organizations to informal associations. We develop a classification for the groupsstudied: one third represent a classical collective organization, focused on group identity; one thirdrepresent a contemporary team group, focused on problem-solving; and one third represent a networktype organization, focused on communication in society and problem solving. Based on ouranalysis, we discover four images of leaders corresponding to their primary strategies: leader as headof an establishment, leader as entrepreneur, leader as consultant, leader as ideologue. These differentstrategies lead to diverse organizational strategies and they result in different approaches to cooperationwith local government.
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общественное участие, общественные объединения, неформальные сообщества, лидерство, public participation, social participation, voluntary associations, informal groups, leadershipAuthors
| Name | Organization | |
| Skalaban Irina A. | Novosibirsk State Technical University | skalaban@ngs.ru |
| Spenser B. Spenser. | College of New Jersey | sbs@post.harvard.ed (или) bussespencer@gmail.com |
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