The Multidimensionality of Joining

Williams, John A.; Ortega, Suzanne T.

doi:10.1177/089976408601500405

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“…This finding contrasts with much of the social science literature that has suggested the importance of education, occupation, and race for participation. For example, Williams and Ortega (1986) investigated the relationship of nine demographic variables with membership in five different types of voluntary organizations and found that only two variables (education and race) were related to all the types of organizations. The difference between the two studies may be due to the importance of the residential environment to working-class populations and the immediacy of the block/neighborhood organization.…”

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Citizen Participation and Community Organizations

Wandersman

Florin

2000

Handbook of Community Psychology

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Citizen Participation and Community Organizations

Wandersman

Florin

2000

Handbook of Community Psychology

151

135

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“…Only a few studies show that prevalence differences by type of association do sometimes exist (e.g., Lincoln 1977). This multi-dimensionality of associations also shows up at the level of individual memberships (Williams and Ortega 1986).…”

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The Roots of Civil Society: A Model of Voluntary Association Prevalence Applied to Data on Larger Contemporary Nations

Smith

Shen

2002

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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Based on a literature review, a theory of voluntary association prevalence in nations of the world is proposed. Greater associational prevalence is hypothesized to result from certain societal background factors (greater population size, and more favorable historical/cultural/environmental interface), aspects of basic societal structure (more permissive political control, greater modernization, more developed non-associational organizational field, and greater ethno-religious heterogeneity), and societal mobilization factors (aggregate resource mobilization for associations, aggregate social cohesion). Archival data on larger contemporary nations strongly confirm most of the model independently for two separate time periods, the 1970s and early 1990s. The ethno-religious heterogeneity variable is not confirmed as significant. No suitable data were available to test aggregate social cohesion as part of the empirical model tested. The results have important policy implications for the roots of civil society, political pluralism, and participatory democracy, partially as manifestations of social capital in a society.

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“…One of the most recent reports (Williams and Ortega, 1986) used data gathered in 1973. Nelson, Baker, and Nelson (1978) reported slightly more recent data (1974 and 1975).…”

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National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

Palisi¹,

Korn²

1989

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Using national data from the General Social Surveys, the authors study changes in the number of voluntary associations in America between 1973 and 1984. Memberships are categorized as total volun tary associations, instrumental associations, and expressive groups. The average number of memberships was higher than usual in 1974 for almost all socioeconomic and demographically defined subsam ples. In the election year of 1980, memberships in total voluntary associations, instrumental associations, and expressive groups all tended to be lower than they had been in other years for many subsamples, and in 1984 some types of individuals had low rates of memberships. Multiple regression analyses showed that education was a good predictor of memberships in the three types of associa tions in all years, while occupational prestige and income were only weakly associated with memberships. Occupational prestige was more closely associated with membership in instrumental associations than it was with membership in expressive groups.

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The Multidimensionality of Joining

Cited by 28 publications

References 25 publications

Citizen Participation and Community Organizations

Citizen Participation and Community Organizations

The Roots of Civil Society: A Model of Voluntary Association Prevalence Applied to Data on Larger Contemporary Nations

National Trends in Voluntary Association Memberships: 1974-1984

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