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Brennan, M. A.; Luloff, A. E. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
The role of community agency in the rural community and economic development processes needs to be better understood in America and other advanced, industrialized nations. Community agency is vital to protecting, retaining, and maintaining rural communities. A comparative study was designed to explore the role of community agency in contributing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Public Agencies, Economic Development
Luloff, A. E.; And Others – 1983
Voluntarism has played, and will continue to play, a major role in helping run small New England communities. A study of voluntarism in local government for an eight-town area in New Hampshire--conducted during late 1978 and early 1979--revealed characteristics and motivations of volunteers as well as costs and benefits of these services to local…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Benefits, Community Leaders, Cost Effectiveness