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Voth, Donald E.; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1982
Posits that increased communication of community leaders involving relatively short communications paths should lead to program success. However, measures of connectivity and average distance in the communications structure reveal no significant relationships. Suggests other factors which may be more important to rural community development…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Development, Community Leaders, Power Structure
Copp, James H. – 1984
To examine the effects of the 1978-81 oil and gas boom on social and economic relations and institutions in Caldwell, Texas, researchers gathered data about the community using census information, historical accounts, official records, publications, observations, interviews, and surveys of 133 residents, 91 businesses, and 40 oil field service…
Descriptors: Business, Churches, Community Attitudes, Community Change