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Peer reviewedSmith, Willy DeMarcell – Urban League Review, 1979
Highlights steps for carrying out a needs assessment survey research effort in the Black community. Stresses the need for understanding (1) cultural-linguistic and historical factors, (2) the potential or inadvertent role of the researcher, and (3) the obstacles and resistance one may encounter in carrying out the survey and implementing its…
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Needs, Community Study, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedSalstrom, Paul; And Others – Appalachian Journal, 1990
Five papers examine mountain religion, focusing on Jeff Todd Titon's book, "Powerhouse of God: Speech, Chant, and Song in an Appalachian Baptist Church." Discussants include Paul Salstrom; Deborah Vansau McCauley; Howard Dorgan; Altina Waller; and Charles T. Davis. Titon responds, explaining his views and study of religion. (TES)
Descriptors: Churches, Community Study, Experimenter Characteristics, Religion
Peer reviewedYoung, Frank W. – Rural Sociology, 1996
A 1958 New York community study dramatized the thesis that macro forces (urbanization, industrialization, bureaucratization) have undermined all small communities' autonomy. Such "oppositional case studies" succeed when they render the dominant view immediately obsolete, have plausible origins, are testable, and generate new research.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Community Control
