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5 Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Q. 2 (1976)

handle is hein.journals/npvolsq5 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH Volume 5, Number1 Winter Issue, January, 1976 ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES APPEARING IN THIS ISSUE: EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS: A STUDY OF THIRTY-FIVE CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES Edward G. Wertheim The evolution of thirty-five small consumer food cooperatives was examined from the point of view of theories of organizations, social movements, and voluntary associations. Co-ops were all less than two years old when first studied in 1971. A follow-up in 1974 found twenty-four co-ops still opera- tive. It was suggested that reasons for survival and failure can partly be found by examining the organizational structure that each co-op evolved, the process of goal transformation in the co-ops, and the sources of motivations and reward each co-op developed. PRESSURES TOWARDS COOPERATION IN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS: THE YMCA AND YWCA IN CANADA Frederick Elkin and Catherine McLean The National Council of YMCAs and the YWCA of Canada have been subject to pressures--economic, structural and ideological-- to work more closely together. This report is a case analysis of the reactions of the two Associations to these pressures. It considers the backgrounds of the two groups in Canada, their steps towards cooperation, and their differing responses to the pressures. The YMCA in general would happily move towards amalgamation; the YWCA, with a strong involvement in the concerns of women, fears too close a link. The material is presented in the context of distinctive interorganizational relationships of national voluntary associations. ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS AND VOLUNTARY ACTION: A REASSESSMENT Jack C. Ross The assessment of Voluntary Associations and Voluntary Action in Anthropology made by Dr. Kerri in JVAR 3, 1, is expanded to include earlier eras. Additions are made in categories that were underrepresented. A critique of Kerri's inclusion of secret societies is made, and an alternative proposed.

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