Membership participation and ideology in large voluntary organisations
The case of the National Trust
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12250051 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Lansley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 221-240 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Voluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf02354116 |
| OpenAlex | W2057956817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 7 |
Commonly, voluntary organisations are formally accountable to their memberships, but the rights of members to influence organisational policies are often minimal. Members may be recruited by organisations to provide funding, legitimacy and voluntary help; members may join in order to obtain material benefits, to express support for organisations’ goals and, in some cases, to influence policy. The disjunction between these two sets of expectations can lead to disputes in large voluntary bodies, especially those whose members hold a wide range of ideological positions. This creates problems for those running the organisations, who both have to account to a variety of other groups and also maintain their public legitimacy. Illustrations of some of these issues are drawn from environmental organisations, particularly the National Trust
Business · Economics · Ideology · Legitimacy · Management · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social policy · Turnover · Variety (cybernetics · Voluntary association · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Finance
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| Citations per year | 0.52 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2023 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |