Bureaucratization of the Alternative Youth Programs of the Sixties: A Decade of Change

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The youth movement of the Sixties had numerous repercussions on American society, including the development of organizational ar chetypes comprised of hotlines, free clinics, and runaway houses. Greatly neglected in historical narratives of the Sixties and in organizational analyses, these organizations developed in response to the unique needs of the Sixties' subculture. The environmental factors that precipitated their growth had a direct bearing on their ideology and early structure. With the dissipation of the youth subculture in the early to mid-Seventies, changing environmental factors influenced changes in the basic structure of these organizations. Their survival and growth is indicative of success ful adaptation during this period of change. The development and growth of these programs are traced in the light of environmental factors. The later effects on the organization's structure are also reviewed.

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