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Peer reviewedGilbreath, Gina L. – Southern Rural Sociology, 1992
During the 1980s, population increased 42 percent and per capita income doubled in Oconee County (Georgia). Surveys of 52 persons holding 27 county positions in 1981 and 1991 show how local leaders' personal characteristics (including educational attainment), network connections, and views of community problems changed with the changing social…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Leaders, Community Problems
Greene, Marjorie R.; Curry, Martha G. – 1977
Large-scale energy or resource development projects in rural areas cause environmental, social, and economic changes in the community. The negative aspects of these impacts can be mitigated and the positive aspects enhanced, through the use of effective impact management strategies by local and state governments (together and separately), the…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Planning
Coughenour, C. Milton; Coleman, A. Lee – 1979
Data from 1961, 1971, and 1973 surveys of households and community "knowledgeables" focused on the subjective assesssments of the quality of life (QOL) of residents of Harlan, Perry, Whitley, and Wolfe counties in Eastern Kentucky, and assessed policy implications. Overall, residents assessed their counties favorably. They rated wages…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems, Community Satisfaction
Download full textRegal, J.M. – 1967
This monograph is devoted to the first Ford Foundation Gray Area Project in Oakland, California. In 1961, the Foundation granted $2 million for an interagency project whose goals were to: (1) reverse the process of social disorganization, (2) accelerate the integration of newcomers, (3) salvage and improve human resources, (4) preserve a…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Development
Boone, Mike – 1994
This paper explores the relationship between community stability and school conflict in a small rural Texas school district. Data included school district records; newspaper archives; and interviews with school district officials, community members, and officials of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Texas County (a pseudonym)…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1983
Following a brief introduction, chapter 1 of this study seeks to establish a framework for building stronger links between school and the workplace by calling attention to the need for (1) an ongoing analysis of the local economy in the context of the regional, national, and global economy; (2) a standing representative community consultation,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems
