Call for Papers: Community and Grassroots Associations/Organizations

Posted by on October 18, 2002

From: Susan Ostrander

*******CALL FOR PAPERS********

Special Issue of NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY (NVSQ) on "Community and Grassroots Associations/Organizations"

This issue will highlight new research and theory on a wide variety of local grassroots associations and organizations that are important to democracy, social capital, civic participation, and civil society. Examples include social movement groups; self-help, mutual aid, and social service organizations; civic, recreational and leisure associations; youth groups; professional associations. Papers must be previously unpublished.

GUEST EDITORS

The guest editors of this issue are Professor Susan A. Ostrander (Department of Sociology, Eaton Hall, 6, The Green, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, susan.ostrander@tufts.edu) and Professor David Horton Smith (4852 11th Ave Circle, East, Bradenton, FL 34208-5885, dhortonsmith@hotmail.com). Interested authors should contact Professors Ostrander and Smith directly with any questions.

SUBMISSIONS

Please send all submissions postmarked no later than November 15, 2002 to the NVSQ editorial office at the following address:

Professor Steven Rathgeb Smith, Editor
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
Box 353055
Seattle, WA 98195-3055
(PH) 206-221-4629
(FAX) 206-685-9044
nvsq@u.washington.edu

Submission guidelines are available at the NVSQ website: http://evans.washington.edu/nvsq/


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