The two communities compared tended to support the proposition that communities following an integrative style of development are characterized by coordinative structures including associational, while the contrary is true for communities following the autonomous style. Available from: Editorial and Business Offices, Piazza Cavalieri di Malta, 2,…

The coordinativeness of associational structures of two local communities are compared, with several operational measures of associational coordinativeness defined and a quantitative scale for measuring associational interlock in community activities is suggested. The two communities compared were in the Southern United States. Twenty-one actions…