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The Persistence of Neighboring as a Determinant of Community Attachment: A Community Field Perspective
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Sundblad, Daniel R.; Sapp, Stephen G. – Rural Sociology, 2011
We examined the community field perspective as a complement to the linear-development and systemic models of community attachment, wherein community attachment is defined as a social bond to the community of place. We empirically evaluated indicators of the actor's interaction within the social field, such as the perceived quality of neighboring…
Descriptors: Community Development, Persistence, Social Indicators, Friendship
Evidence of a Housing Decision Chain in Rural Community Vitality
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Cook, Christine C.; Crull, Sue R.; Bruin, Marilyn J.; Yust, Becky L.; Shelley, Mack C.; Laux, Sharon; Memken, Jean; Niemeyer, Shirley; White, B. J. – Rural Sociology, 2009
The purpose of this research was to explore and explain the role housing plays in rural community vitality. Community vitality refers to economic strength and social well-being. In spring 2002 we collected primary interview data from informants in 134 small rural communities in nine north-central states and identified related secondary data from…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Housing, Rural Areas, Community Characteristics
In Search of the Community in the Changing Countryside.
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Wilkinson, Kenneth P. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Offers theses to encourage search for community in the changing countryside: because of its influence on social well-being, the community is alive; rural areas present special community development advantages/problems; strategies must address sources of rural problems in larger society; rural sociology can specify/measure parameters of rural…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Problems
The Social Networks of Leaders in More or Less Viable Communities Six Years Later: A Research Note.
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O'Brien, David J.; Raedeke, Andrew; Hassinger, Edward W. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Six-year followup study of five rural Missouri communities found that community viability in terms of maintenance as trade and service center had become disconnected from demographic variables such as school enrollment. Unexpectedly, leaders of more viable places were not better educated or demographically different from other leaders, but had…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders, Followup Studies
Attitudes and Bureaucrats: Assessing the Representativeness of Local Officials in New Hampshire.
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Luloff, A. E.; Hodges, Donald G. – Rural Sociology, 1992
Examines congruence of attitudes toward economic development between rural community residents and local government officials in rapidly growing northern New Hampshire. Profiles and compares survey subjects' sociodemographic characteristics, community tenure, and general attitudinal disposition. Results highlight substantive differences between…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Citizen Participation, City Officials