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Peer reviewedHallowell, Ann – Rural Sociology, 1987
Information about 50 small-town governments in rural Vermont was analyzed to determine women's participation in town government. Results included the finding that percentage of offices held by women decreased as town size increased. Data suggested that women became politically active out of necessity and filled offices that reflected their…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Size, Elections, Females
Download full textMorrison, Peter A.; McCarthy, Kevin F. – 1982
Demographic and socioeconomic changes are reshaping the fortunes of small communities and pose policy issues. Such communities find it especialy difficult to deal with rapid growth or decline, or a switch from one to the other. Small communities now enjoy greater autonomy, but at the cost of reduced federal aid. Freed from federal mandates, each…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Services, Community Size, Financial Policy
Brennan, Roslin E.; Brennan, Mark – 1990
This study identified the needs, aspirations, and hindrances defining and delineating adult literacy education in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. Information sources were policy, opinion, memories, literature, and statistics. A profile of the region showed that the population was basically white and of Anglo-Saxon heritage.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes
