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Peer reviewedPerlman, Janice E. – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests a taxonomy of the grass roots movement and gives a general descriptive over view of the 60 groups studied with respect to origin, constituency, size, funding, issues, and ideology. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Group Norms, Group Structure, Leadership
Peer reviewedHumphreys, Keith – Social Policy, 1998
Discusses the potential of self-help/mutual-aid groups as a way to reduce the demand for professional substance-abuse treatment and proposes a model that combines the two approaches for cost-effective and therapeutically effective networks of services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Counselors, Drug Addiction, Health Services
