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14 Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Q. 3 (1985)

handle is hein.journals/npvolsq14 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITOR'S COMMENTS This issue of IVAR ranges widely over a set of pressing policy issues in volun- tary action research, and demonstrates a wide geographic base in its field set- tings. Jeffrey S. Slovak and Walter Lucas, in their lead article Voluntary Action for Community Economic Development: The Case of BREP in New Jersey, analyze carefully and closely the development of a voluntary partnership of business and government. Their study not only teaches us much about the much heralded new partnerships, but provides a model of clarity and elegance in its method- ology. Another important policy issue is explored by Patricia Baron Pollak in her paper, Does Citizen Participation Matter?: Toward the Development of The- ory. In this paper, Prof. Pollak describes a method for assessing the impact of a citizens' organization on a policy decision, a matter much speculated on in the literature but rarely assessed with empirical rigor. We move from the politics of the Northeastern United States to the sunny climes of Trinidad and Tobago for the next paper. Here, economist L.P. Fletcher charts the decline of friendly societies, multi-purpose voluntary mutual aid organizations, over the past quarter-century. He attributes much of this decline to limitations of management, internal and external. Finally, we present the first of what we hope will become a regular JVAR fea- ture, a symposium of opinion and comment. Richard D. Logan provides the counterpoint with his essay, Youth Volunteerism and Instrumentality. Under the leadership of Associate Editor Virginia Parkum, a lively and instructive set of comments frame the issue and advance our understanding of an important problem. Another long-awaited innovation surrounds this issue: it is fully typeset! At long last, JVAR has entered the big leagues of journal formatting. Our apprecia- tion to Rutgers University for the support that permits this giant step. The next issue will present papers from the 1984 AVAS Conference, the very best of the 52 papers presented at that stimulating gathering. Do let us know how you like the new format, and keep those submissions coming. Ton Van Til

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