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Zekeri, Andrew A.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1994
Draws upon community field theory and human ecology and uses data from 120 rural Pennsylvania school districts to examine the relative contributions of past community actions, development of solidarity, and ecological variables (socioeconomic status, remoteness, previous industrialization, and percentage of residents commuting to work) to the…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Relations

Armstrong, R. – Community Development Journal, 1977
Offers a five-point program for community education (based on a fluid definition in a British context) which involves school and community education, civic education and participation, community action, public education campaigns, and community relations. (LAS)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Community Action, Community Development
Kilpatrick, Sue; Falk, Ian; Harrison, Lesley – 1998
Rural communities with populations of under 15,000 are the least resilient to negative economic shocks, but local initiatives can reduce the negative impact of rapid economic change. Data from a study of three rural Australian communities and one "community-of-common-purpose" were used to develop a model of how the informal learning…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Relations, Community Resources

Flora, Jan L. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Develops a framework for examining how social capital contributes to the well-being of rural communities. Reviews the educational and social science literature on social capital, contrasting rational choice and embeddedness perspectives. Introduces the concept of entrepreneurial social infrastructure, which adds equality, inclusion, and agency to…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Relations
Kerns, Marilyn; Stanley, Martha – 1982
This booklet was created to help communities (especially in Minnesota) to build community partnerships through community education. Such partnerships are needed in order to identify and meet community needs that are no longer being addressed by the Federal Government. The booklet is organized in three sections. The first section outlines the need…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development

Krawll, Marcia B. – 1994
Written in English and French, this report presents views of Canadian Aboriginal community members about developing healthy communities. In-depth interviews were conducted with elders, youth, parents, political leaders, victims, offenders, and government employees in five Aboriginal communities, and telephone and mail surveys were conducted in…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Development
Bolton, Charles K.; Corey, Kenneth E. – 1971
The purpose of this bibliography has been to develop an operational resource to persons wanting to become effective community change agents. It is used in conjunction with the community-training activities of the University of Cincinnati's Community Human Resources Training (CHART) Program, described in the introduction to the bibliography. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Change Agents, College Programs, Community Action
Nehnevajsa, Jiri; Coleman, Alan N. – 1971
The main purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which community consensus existed regarding a variety of major changes in Pittsburgh and the extent to which widely differing perspectives of community leaders might contribute to conflict, or at least significant difficulties, on these issues. A pragmatic secondary objective was to…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Development
Allen, John C.; Dillman, Don A. – 1994
This book explores how community functions in "Bremer," a small rural town in eastern Washington. Human interactions in a variety of contexts are analyzed within a framework that posits three distinct eras of social and economic organization: community-control, mass-society, and information eras. Contexts examined are farming (the…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Control