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Active Members in Nuclear Repository Issues Organizations: A Demographic Research Note

• Elkind, Pamela D

Abstract

Leaders and active members of social movement organizations concerned with the Hanford Nuclear Repository in a rural area of eastern Washing ton State have been surveyed. To comprehend better the demographic characteristics of the active members of environmental organizations, a case study was developed. Hypotheses were formed and tested. The results suggest that well-educated, low-to-middle-income marginal persons who are underemployed and seeking meaning in their lives form the active membership of environmental movement organizations. Further in-depth analysis of membership characteristics is necessary to test the results reported in this research note.

Journal

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

(March 1992)
vol21 no1 pages95-104

Categories

1. Citizen/Political Nonprofits  
2. Citizen Participation and Involvement  

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