AIDS and Volunteer Associations: Perspectives on Social and Individual Change
本文以托克维尔的分析为框架，探讨美国志愿者协会在应对艾滋病中的作用，包括推动政府行动、弥补政府不足，以及志愿者个人如何通过参与获得成长，并分析组织面临的新挑战与应对策略。
In dealing with AIDS, American volunteer associations exemplify Tocqueville's classic analysis of their function: the call for government to address social needs, monitor government shortcomings, and serve those needs beyond the government's compass. Individual volunteers' experience in the epidemic have often empowered them to pursue further goals, rather than succumb to "burnout." AIDS organizations face many challenges, especially in tending to newly affected groups and in pressuring official bodies. They are meeting these challenges by recruiting female and minority group volunteers, and by devising effective tactics in confronting government and corporate groups.