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Peer reviewedBourke, Lisa; Luloff, A. E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1998
Community surveys in rural Pennsylvania (393 responses) investigated how residents view women in their local community. Results suggest that women are as involved as men and perceive similar characteristics as important to being influential, but their underrepresentation as leaders has resulted in perceptions that women are not very influential.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Females
Peer reviewedBourke, Lisa; Luloff, A. E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1995
Data from nearly 50 community leaders in 4 nonmetropolitan Pennsylvania counties show that both positive and negative impacts from tourism development were expected; local support was essential. Some feared that tourism was a threat to the rural atmosphere. (SK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Economic Impact
Luloff, A. E.; And Others – 1983
Voluntarism has played, and will continue to play, a major role in helping run small New England communities. A study of voluntarism in local government for an eight-town area in New Hampshire--conducted during late 1978 and early 1979--revealed characteristics and motivations of volunteers as well as costs and benefits of these services to local…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Benefits, Community Leaders, Cost Effectiveness
