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Mitchell, John B.; Lafontaine, Edward – Adult Leadership, 1971
Civic organizations, and in particular the Rotary, are more likely to include participating influentials than the fraternal groups. (EB)
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Size, Participation
Download full textGiven, C. William; Mitchell, John B. – 1971
This study attempts to analyze and compare the structure of influence in two rural communities in southern Ohio with population centers of less than 10,000 inhabitants. (For a study of one of the communities only, see AC 010 451.) The two communities are studied as to reputed influentials, the business and economic subsystem, the civic…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Power Structure, Research Methodology, Rural Areas
Given, C. William; Mitchell, John B.
The structure of influence in a community is the ordering and patterning of the interaction within a system based on the element power (influence) and all other elements as they relate to the use of influence within the social system. The structure of influence in a rural community, Riverview (a pseudonym for the town), Ohio, was analyzed, using…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Power Structure, Rural Areas, Social Systems
