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Banks, Erik – Social Policy, 1997
Argues that small-group mutual aid organizations are successful voluntary associations that attract members even in our individualistic and commodity-driven culture because they provide valuable collective benefits that can only be enjoyed in common. Small groups as a source of social capital have implications for the study of helping…
Descriptors: Community Action, Group Membership, Groups, Helping Relationship