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Direct linkRyan, Vernon D.; Agnitsch, Kerry A.; Zhao, Lijun; Mullick, Rehan – Rural Sociology, 2005
This paper examines the influence of community attachment on voluntary citizen participation in rural community improvement projects. We do so by modifying the original systemic model of community attachment (Kasarda and Janowitz 1974) and combining it with tenets of rational choice and social embeddedness theories. The modified model is then…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Rural Areas, Interests, Citizen Participation
