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Lee, Anne S.; Bowles, Gladys K. – 1974
Implicit or explicit national governmental actions designed to perpetuate, change conditions, maintain the status quo, or introduce change (although not designed for that purpose) are known as policy. Some of these actions relate directly to population distribution from early land grants to present urban renewal and rural development activities.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Government Role, Human Services, Individual Characteristics
Gladhart, Peter Michael; Britten, Patricia – 1978
A rural township in one of the fastest growing counties in northern Michigan was selected as a prototype for changes in small rural communities experiencing rapid population growth due to inmigration. In 1973, 180 permanent residents and 58 seasonal homeowners in Hayes Township completed questionnaires covering household composition; family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Marshall, D. G.; And Others – 1968
This study, conducted in 1967, in Burnett and Forest Counties, Wisconsin, attempts to show the present situation of the residents of the area (characterized by low income, marginal farm land, high out-migration of the young, a disproportionately large number of the aged and the very young, high welfare costs and a dwindling tax base). The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Role, Area Studies, Community Attitudes