A CONSIDERATION OF DIFFERENCES IN THE EXTENT AND LOCATION OF THE FORMAL ASSOCIATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF RURAL-URBAN FRINGE RESIDENTS.
Available studies of formal social participation can for the most part be easily separated into those that are concerned with the associational activities of families in rural farm areas and those that deal with urban dwellers. Discussion of the social participation patterns of residents of the rura...
| Publicado en: | American Sociological Review Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 687 - 695 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec52
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| Sumario: | Available studies of formal social participation can for the most part be easily separated into those that are concerned with the associational activities of families in rural farm areas and those that deal with urban dwellers. Discussion of the social participation patterns of residents of the rural-urban fringe are few in number. With the continuing rapid settlement of the unincorporated territory at the urban periphery the rural-urban dichotomy becomes increasingly artificial and a real need arises for an analysis of social participation in terms of the entire population of the functionally interdependent rural-urban community rather than special aspects of it. The present article does not attempt this task but contributes by adding to existing knowledge of social participation in the area which has been studied least, the rural-urban fringe. An analysis of the location of these activities should also give some indication of the extent to which the fringe population tends to be integrated into central community life or to be organized as a separate social entity. |
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