Implications of rural-urban differentiation: a study of local grass roots organizations in disaster situations.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Series: Dissertation (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 28Publication details: 1984Description: 211p., 130 refs, 14 tables, 1 fig, 5 appendicesReport number: AcademicSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Emergent Citizen GroupsSubject: Generates a theoretical construct of rural-urban differences based on local citizen organizations concerned with disaster issues. Ancilliary objectives of the study involve the developments of a practical analytical framework for the study of organizational cultures at the community level, and the introduction of empirically-based hypotheses on behavioural aspects of the rural and urban emergent collective organizations. The results of the study in terms of chief practical implications implies a workable and feasibile means to incorporate empirical methodologies for the study of organizational cultures at the community level, and the recognition that the development of polar constructs provide a worthwhile approach to explain fundamental differences in social phenomena. The results also indicate the importance of studying both behavioural and attidunal characteristics as a complete process for explanation and understanding of comparative social differencesSubject: OrganizationsSubject: Rural areasSubject: Urban areasItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philospohy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University
Thesis
Disaster research
Emergent Citizen Groups
Generates a theoretical construct of rural-urban differences based on local citizen organizations concerned with disaster issues. Ancilliary objectives of the study involve the developments of a practical analytical framework for the study of organizational cultures at the community level, and the introduction of empirically-based hypotheses on behavioural aspects of the rural and urban emergent collective organizations. The results of the study in terms of chief practical implications implies a workable and feasibile means to incorporate empirical methodologies for the study of organizational cultures at the community level, and the recognition that the development of polar constructs provide a worthwhile approach to explain fundamental differences in social phenomena. The results also indicate the importance of studying both behavioural and attidunal characteristics as a complete process for explanation and understanding of comparative social differences
Organizations
Rural areas
Urban areas
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