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Peer reviewedGaljart, Benno F. – Rural Sociology, 1975
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Dropouts
Peer reviewedAudirac, Ivonne; Beaulieu, Lionel J. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Proposes new model for study of microcomputer technology in agriculture in which diffusion/adoption of innovations is conceptualized as a structural process affected by "access conditions" resulting from research and development, intrinsic technology characteristics, and distributional characteristics. Examines thesis that potential adopters…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Trends, Change, Diffusion (Communication)
Peer reviewedMiller, Michael K.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1984
Estimates impact of community resource development (CRD) programs on a variety of quality of life indicators for 73 Arkansas counties that were nonmetropolitan in 1960. Results indicate that few quality of life indicators were affected in the direction intended by CRD programs. Examines substantive and methodological implications of the findings.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention, Extension Education
