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Direct linkMatarrita-Cascante, David; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2008
Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened social conflict in some communities. Popular media accounts…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Community Involvement, Social Sciences, Community Development
Peer reviewedLionberger, Herbert F.; Copus, Gary D. – Rural Sociology, 1972
Descriptors: Community Study, Comparative Analysis, Farmers, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedHillery, George A., Jr. – Rural Sociology, 1972
Paper presented before the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 30, 1970, Washington, D.C. (FF)
Descriptors: Classification, Community Study, Definitions, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedJohnson, Ronald L.; Knop, Edward – Rural Sociology, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Study, Decision Making
Peer reviewedKrannich, Richard S.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1989
Finds that, among inhabitants of four small towns in Wyoming and Utah, increased fear of crime was related to rapid community growth, greater criminal victimization experience, and lesser perception of own social integration. Contains 38 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Study, Community Surveys
Peer reviewedPerry, Charles – Rural Sociology, 1986
Explores geographical definition of communities and tendency for community relations to transcend geographical boundaries. Reinterprets Durkheim's theory of social solidarity to argue that division of labor directly reduces solidarity but indirectly increases solidarity through secondary groups, the state, and the cult of individuality. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community, Community Relations, Community Study, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedYoung, Frank W. – Rural Sociology, 1996
A 1958 New York community study dramatized the thesis that macro forces (urbanization, industrialization, bureaucratization) have undermined all small communities' autonomy. Such "oppositional case studies" succeed when they render the dominant view immediately obsolete, have plausible origins, are testable, and generate new research.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Community Control
