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In the 1960s, as illegal drug use grew from a fringe issue to a pervasive public concern, a new industry arose to treat the addiction epidemic. Over the next five decades, the industry's leaders promised to rehabilitate the casualties of the drug culture even as incarceration rates for drug-related offenses climbed. In this history of addiction treatment, Claire D. Clark traces the political shift from the radical communitarianism of the 1960s to the conservatism of the Reagan era, uncovering the forgotten origins of today's recovery movement.Based on extensive interviews with drug-rehabilitation professionals and archival research,The Recovery Revolutionlocates the history of treatment activists' influence on the development of American drug policy. Synanon, a controversial drug-treatment program launched in California in 1958, emphasized a community-based approach to rehabilitation. Its associates helped develop the therapeutic community (TC) model, which encouraged peer confrontation as a path to recovery. As TC treatment pioneers made mutual aid profitable, the model attracted powerful supporters and spread rapidly throughout the country. The TC approach was supported as part of the Nixon administration's \"law-and-order\" policies, favored in the Reagan administration's antidrug campaigns, and remained relevant amid the turbulent drug policies of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. While many contemporary critics characterize American drug policy as simply the expression of moralizing conservatism or a mask for racial oppression, Clark recounts the complicated legacy of the \"ex-addict\" activists who turned drug treatment into both a product and a political symbol that promoted the impossible dream of a drug-free America.

\"Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding member of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up--cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls--you can count on them to save the day. Baby-sitting isn't always easy, and neither is dealing with strict parents, new families, fashion emergencies, and mysterious secrets. But no matter what, the BSC have what they need most: friendship\"--Back cover, v. 1.

Exclusive social clubs are traditionally an important site for the consolidation of upper-class power. Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege shows that while the particulars of admission have changed, these clubs remain socially significant incubators. Having interviewed typically inaccessible members of exclusive clubs in the Northeast, Jessica Holden Sherwood reports and analyzes what they have to say about who is in, who is out, and why. The members talk frankly about their exclusiveness based on money and style, but they are quick to point out that ethnically-based exclusion is a thing of the past. Club members also address the status of their women members, which is at times distinctly second-class. The talk of country club members is shown to draw on elements in popular discourse. And even if it's not their intention, as club members exclude and account for their exclusion, they contribute to reproducing class, race, and gender inequalities.

\"As federal judge Learned Hand said in 1944, \"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women.\" Neither the laws, the courts nor other related institutions can be saved without the underlying exercise of the democratic spirit by the people. Civic Self-Respect argues for civic engagement, where citizens flex the muscles of ownership of our democracy, reminding us that our elected officials work for us-not the other way around-that the public airwaves and public lands are owned by the people, and that speaking your mind to your neighbors and friends can be the start of a movement. In this small volume, Ralph Nader, whose impact on consumer protection and citizen empowerment has been greater than any other American in the last century, goes to the roots of democracy in the people and to our active roles in creating and sustaining citizen action, as workers, taxpayers, consumers, public servants and parents. In all these roles we may find our power and civic self-respect\"-- Provided by publisher.

After-school programs offer young people opportunities for self-expression, exploring their talents, and forming relationships with supportive adults. That is, after-school programs promote young people's social and emotional learning (SEL) skills—whether the programs use that term or not. Despite these programs' potential, Noelle Hurd and Nancy Deutsch write, they have yet to make a big impact on the field of SEL. One reason is that studying them poses many problems for researchers—for example, attendance isn't mandatory, meaning that it can be hard to separate a program's effects from young people's personal characteristics that led them to choose the program in the first place. Still, research shows that after-school programs can promote many desirable SEL outcomes, and Hurd and Deutsch outline the factors that make high-quality programs stand out. How could policy help after-school programs promote SEL more effectively? First, positive youth-staff relationships are crucial to effective programs, and competent adult staff are the linchpin of effective after-school programs targeting SEL outcomes. Yet the after-school work force is poorly paid, and turnover is high. Hurd and Deutsch suggest several ways to professionalize after-school work—for example, by boosting professional development and creating more opportunities for career advancement. Second, as schools have become more focused on standardized test scores, funders and policymakers have pushed after-school programs, too, to demonstrate their academic impact. Hurd and Deutsch write that this approach is misguided: overemphasizing academic outcomes leads to neglect of SEL outcomes that can help young people become productive and engaged citizens. They argue for expanding the criteria used to determine whether after-school programs are effective to include SEL. More broadly, they write, high-stakes evaluations create a disincentive for programs to undertake the difficult work of assessing and improving their own practices. A better approach to evaluation would focus less on whether programs \"work\" and instead seek ways to make them work better.

\"It used to be that Mary Anne's dad was really strict, but not anymore. Mary Anne's been growing up ... but that's not the only big news for the Baby-sitters Club. There's a new boy in school named Logan Bruno, and he likes Mary Anne! He has a dreamy Southern accent, he's awfully cute--and he wants to join the Baby-sitters Club. The Baby-sitters aren't sure Logan will make a good club member. And Mary Anne thinks she's too shy for Logan. Life in the Baby-sitters Club has never been this complicated--or this fun!\"--Page 4 of cover

Nonprofit sport clubs experience organizational problems regarding the recruitment and retention of members, volunteers, and coaches, and the financial situation of the club. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of different types of organizational resources on the severity of organizational problems. A theoretical framework based on the concept of organizational capacity is presented, which explains the influence of human, financial, infrastructure, and cultural resources on organizational problems. The empirical evaluation is undertaken using data from a nationwide online survey of nonprofit sport clubs in Germany (n = 19,345). The regression results show that human resources (women on the board, secondary volunteers, etc.), financial resources (Herfindahl index), infrastructure resources (own facilities, and public facilities), and cultural resources (e.g., strategic policy, formation policy, value of conviviality, and variety of sports) are significant determinants of organizational problems. The findings of this study have implications for the management of voluntary sport organizations. Les clubs sportifs sans but lucratif sont confrontés à des problèmes organisationnels relatifs au recrutement et à la rétention des membres, des volontaires et des coachs ainsi qu'à la situation financière du club. L'objet de cette étude est d'explorer l'impact des différents types de ressources organisationnelles sur la gravité des problèmes d'organisation. Un cadre théorique basé sur le concept de la capacité organisationnelle est présenté, expliquant l'influence des ressources humaines, financières, culturelles et d'infrastructure sur les problèmes organisationnels. L'évaluation empirique est effectuée en utilisant des données issues d'une enquête en ligne nationale sur les clubs sportifs sans but lucratif en Allemagne (n = 19,345). Les résultats de régression indiquent que les ressources humaines (femmes au conseil d'administration, volontaires secondaires), ressources financières (indice de Herfindahl), les ressources d'infrastructure (installations propres, installations publiques) et les ressources culturelles (par ex. politique stratégique, politique de formation, valeur de la convivialité, variété des sports) sont des déterminants significatifs des problèmes organisationnels. Les conclusions de cette étude ont des implications pour la gestion des organisations sportives bénévoles. Gemeinnützige Sportvereine haben organisatorische Probleme bei der Gewinnung und Bindung von Mitgliedern, ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeitern und Trainern sowie im Hinblick auf ihre finanzielle Lage. Zweck der vorliegenden Studie ist es zu untersuchen, wie schwerwiegend die Auswirkungen verschiedener Arten organisatorischer Ressourcen auf organisatorische Probleme sind. Es wird ein theoretisches Rahmenwerk basierend auf dem Konzept organisatorischer Kapazität vorgestellt, das den Einfluss menschlicher, finanzieller, infrastruktureller und kultureller Ressourcen auf organisatorische Probleme erläutert. Die empirische Bewertung erfolgt unter der Betrachtung von Daten aus einer landesweiten Online-Befragung von gemeinnützigen Sportvereinen in Deutschland (n = 19.345). Die Regressionsergebnisse zeigen, dass menschliche Ressourcen (Frauen im Vorstand, sekundäre ehrenamtliche Mitarbeiter), finanzielle Ressourcen (Herfindahl-Index), infrastrukturelle Ressourcen (eigene Anlagen, öffentliche Anlagen) und kulturelle Ressourcen (z. B. strategische Richtlinien, Gründungsrichtlinien, Vergnügungswert, Auswahl an verschiedenen Sportarten) wichtige Determinanten für organisatorische Probleme sind. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie haben Auswirkungen auf die Verwaltung ehrenamtlicher Sportorganisationen. Los clubes deportivos sin ánimo de lucro experimentan problemas organizativos en relación con el reclutamiento y la retención de miembros, voluntarios y entrenadores, y la situación financiera del club. El propósito de este estudio es investigar el impacto de diferentes tipos de recursos organizativos sobre la gravedad de los problemas organizativos. Se presenta un marco teórico basado en el concepto de la capacidad organizativa que explica la influencia de los recursos humanos, financieros, de infraestructura y culturales en los problemas organizativos. Se emprende una evaluación empírica utilizando datos de una encuesta online a nivel nacional de clubes deportivos sin ánimo de lucro en Alemania (n = 19,345). Los resultados de la regresión muestran que los recursos humanos (mujeres en el consejo, voluntarios secundarios), los recursos financieros (índice Herfindahl), los recursos de infraestructura (instalaciones propias, instalaciones públicas), y los recursos culturales (p. ej.: política estratégica, política de formación, valor del compañerismo, variedad de deportes) son determinantes significativos de los problemas organizativos. Los hallazgos de este estudio tienen implicaciones para la gestión de las organizaciones deportivas voluntarias.

Fed up with boys and the way they have treated her and her friends, high school junior Penny Lane--named after the Beatles song--forms a club whose members vow to stop dating, but the repercussions are surprising.

There is ongoing debate about what policy approaches to cannabis use might best address health and social related harm. Profit-driven, adult-use cannabis markets have been introduced in the United States and Canada, where legalization reform has had mixed effects to date in terms of public health and has made limited progress in achieving social justice aims. Meanwhile, several jurisdictions have seen an organic evolution of alternative cannabis-supply regimes. Cannabis social clubs (CSCs), the focus of this commentary, are nonprofit cooperatives that supply cannabis to consumers with the goal of harm reduction. The peer and participatory aspects of CSCs may have positive effects on health-related outcomes of cannabis use, such as through encouraging the use of safer products and responsible use practices. The nonprofit objectives of CSCs may diminish the risk for increasing cannabis consumption in wider society. CSCs have recently made an important transition from grassroots organizations in Spain and elsewhere. In particular, they have become key players in top-down cannabis legalization reform in Uruguay and, most recently, Malta. The history of CSCs in reducing harm from cannabis use is an important advantage, but there might be concerns around the grassroots origins, low taxation opportunities, and capacity to sustain social objectives. Also, the CSC model might not seem unique, as contemporary cannabis entrepreneurs have absorbed some features of their community-based predecessors. CSCs can play an important role in future cannabis legalization reform due to their unique strengths as cannabis-consumption sites and can be effective in advancing social justice by giving people affected by cannabis prohibition agency and direct access to resources.