Patterns of participation in formal organizations by residents of a rural non-farm community are compared with those of residents in an urban community. Multi-stage random sampling is utilized in Denton to select those interviewed. In Krum, each residence was numbered and a table of random numbers was used to select households. Chapter One includes the study's purpose, review of the literature, and statement of the hypothesis. Methodology is discussed in the second chapter. Chapter Three focuses on findings and discussions. Data indicate that in the urban community social class, age, homeownership, and length of residency are related to amount of participation. In the rural non-0farm community social class is related to participation. Residents in the urban community participate more than those in the rural non-farm community.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-07-11T12:28:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Cecilia Côrtes Carvalho.pdf: 1309606 bytes, checksum: 0cf2efe024f4599e0979a33cdb1772a7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-11T12:28:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cecilia Côrtes Carvalho.pdf: 1309606 bytes, checksum: 0cf2efe024f4599e0979a33cdb1772a7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study seeks to understand the meaning attributed to the ties of residents of a gated community with their living environment. It is a qualitative research of multiple cases, that used the theory of attachment and the systemic perspective as a theoretical basis. The survey was conducted in a gated community on the outskirts of the city of São Paulo, with approximately six years of construction, seven towers of five floors each, and a total of 270 apartments. There were five participants, whose narratives were submitted to thematic analysis. The meaning of the themes reported the quality of the resident-housing interrelationship. The results showed that the place of housing, in the configuration of gated vertical community, represents a safe environment, since its physical and social security equipment promotes the feeling of protection in the face of fears imparted by the streets, the city — all that is beyond the walls and that escapes the control of the 24-hours surveillance and security system. A secure place bond appears as a protective factor for mental health and a resilience tutor. Housing, like family, can be the social, as well as the geographical reference for someone and still anchor the continuous process of construction of subjectivity. This study brought invisible links to the Psychology map: where apparently there was no bonds — housing in a gated community —, there are structured bonds that function in accordance with the degree of intimacy and sense of security provided by the interaction of the residents / Este estudo buscou compreender o significado atribuído aos vínculos de moradores de um condomínio vertical fechado com seu ambiente de moradia. É uma pesquisa qualitativa de casos múltiplos, que utilizou a teoria do apego e a perspectiva sistêmica como embasamentos teóricos. A pesquisa ocorreu num condomínio na periferia da cidade de São Paulo, com aproximadamente seis anos de construído, com sete torres de cinco andares cada uma, tendo um total de 270 apartamentos. Contou com cinco participantes, cujas narrativas foram submetidas a análise temática. Os significados dos temas relataram a qualidade da inter-relação morador-moradia. Os resultados evidenciaram que o lugar da moradia, na configuração de condomínio vertical fechado, representa um ambiente seguro, uma vez que o equipamento físico e social de segurança deste promove a sensação de protetividade diante de temores direcionados às ruas, à cidade — enfim, ao que está além do entre muros e que foge do controle do sistema de vigilância e segurança vinte quatro horas. Um vínculo de lugar seguro se apresentou como fator de proteção à saúde mental e tutor de resiliência. A moradia, assim como a família, pode ser a referência social — além de geográfica — de alguém e ainda ancorar o processo contínuo de construção da subjetividade. Este estudo trouxe vínculos invisíveis para o mapa da Psicologia: onde se pensava não haver vínculo, na moradia em condomínio fechado, há vínculos que se estruturam e funcionam conforme o grau de intimidade e a sensação de segurança proporcionada pelo convívio dos moradores

This thesis draws from research done in a particular urban setting, and illustrates the foundations of a type of social structure called "respite community". "Respite community" is a specifically urban phenomenon which can be defined as temporal, ad hoc, face to face, an aggregate of people who seek temporary relief from social stresses and support through socialized interaction.

The viability of rural Neighbourhood Houses may be under threat in South Australia as a result of national and state human service policies. Such policies have resulted in funding withdrawals, closures, the decline of many rural communities. In addition, other local inhibiting factors such as access, stigma, lack of paid staff, volunteers, facilitators and childcare affect Houses' ability to be viable organisations. This study seeks to answer the questions: are Neighbourhood Houses a viable proposition in rural SA; and, are they practicable and serving a useful purpose in contributing to community cohesiveness and wellbeing in rural communities? To examine the viability of Houses and ascertain whether they are contributing to individual and community wellbeing, their roles and functions are critically examined in the policy context and socio-economic environment. / thesis (MResearch)--University of South Australia, 2001.

This research draws upon the writings of Michel Foucault and a range of governmentality texts to problematise those planning techniques and practices promulgated in an attempt to produce particular ideals of community. To accomplish this I have focused predominantly on the discourses pertaining to the Golden Grove Development. The histories I re-construct from these discourses demonstrate how ideals of community have been constituted and how they act as technologies of government. The goals of these governmental technologies, I argue, were the normalisation of particular suburban subjectivities, with the intent to maximise economic gains and minimise financial, temporal, spatial and social risks. / PhD Doctorate

Overall, this thesis was designed to explore the nature of adolescent boys' body image, the effects of body image on body change strategies and psychological adjustment, and the factors that influence body image. The first study examined body image in 362 adolescent boys. Body image was considered in terms of attitudes to different body parts and attributes, including, lower, middle and upper body, as well as weight, shape and muscles. The relationships between Body Mass Index (BMI), body image, sociocultural messages, psychological adjustment and body change strategies, including strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles using food and exercise, drive for thinness, bulimic attitudes and behaviour, excessive exercise, food supplements to lose weight, increase muscles and steroids, were also investigated. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the role of body image, sociocultural messages and psychological adjustment to predict satisfaction with different body attributes and body change strategies. The findings from study one led to the development of a program aimed at preventing the development of unhealthy attitudes and behaviours among adolescent boys. Study two involved the implementation and evaluation of this prevention program. One hundred and twenty one boys participated in the program. The program was based on social-cognitive theory, and included a focus on accepting differences and the development of self-esteem. The boys who participated in the program indicated some change in existing attitudes and showed less development of risk behaviours relative to the control group. The implications of the findings from this thesis in relation to future research, as well as the prevention of adolescent boys' body image problems are discussed.

The purpose of this study was to determine what levels of community satisfaction and personal and household characteristics would result in a model of retirees and pre-retirees and their propensity to move. This study assessed the relationship between certain socio-demographic variables and feelings of overall satisfaction as well as satisfaction with specific aspects of their current community. Community size and tenure, preferred community size, and the preference of staying or moving were also explored. Satisfaction was measured by both a global question of satisfaction and through the construction of a Community Satisfaction Scale (CSS) and three subscales. A hypothesized model was tested using logistic regression. Age, gender, duration in community, agreement between current and preferred community size (metropolitan or nonmetropolitan), overall satisfaction, and satisfaction with quality of life factors in the community and environmental quality were statistically significant in the prediction of likelihood of moving at retirement. Variables, some of which were significantly related to the dependent variable in preliminary analyses (chi-square and t-tests), that were not found to be significant in the logistic regression model of the propensity to move were: education, marital status, employment, household size, health, previous moving experiences, and the subscale community safety. Three measures of personal and household economic resources were also not found to be significant. According to final model in this study, in the sample of 50 to 70 years in Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming, those who were younger, had lived in the community fewer years, were living in a community size not in agreement with the stated size of community they preferred, and were male were more likely to response a preference to move. The results indicate small-urban and semi-rural communities are the most preferred places to move. The open areas outside the incorporated towns and cities were most favored locations. A benefit of elderly migration research in the past, discussed at length in the review of the literature, is that retirees bring with them to the community the benefits described as the "mail box economy." Understanding the levels of satisfaction of current residents ages 50 to 70 may be as important as policies to attract new inmigrants. / Graduation date: 1995

This research deals with the discordance between the national state and the nation state in the formation of the Republic of Korea (ROK). Charles Tilly (1992) distinguishes between the concept of the national state and that of the nation state, even though many scholars use the nation state. According to Charles Tilly (1975;1985;1992), a national state is simply state that rules demarcated territories, has a differentiated administration, and centralized autonomous structures, while the nation state is a state that comprises one single nation, in other words, a nation is the basis of the nation state. Tilly defines the nation as one community in which people share a strong linguistic, ethnic, religious1and symbolic, historical identity. Based on this national state theory, national subject and identity of the new Korean nation are keys to understand this research. The ROK has been a very strong state in terms of despotic power, which means physical violent means of the state. The ROK has reemerged as a strong state after the Korean War. The regime based on this characteristic tries to mobilize people and their resources. People should answer the state’s call and participate in national development projects. But even the strongest regime cannot rely on its superiority or monopolized means of physical violence to mobilize people and their resources. Therefore, as in fascist states, the regime created a variety of Administered Mass Organization (AMOs). There are two big purposes in mobilizing people of the ROK: one is de-politicization; the other is enforced cooperation in the name of nationalism, which means “state-formed nationalism.” The Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement), the Hankooknochong (Federation of Korea Trade Unions), and the Hakdohokookdan (Student National Defense Corps) were the main AMOs under Park’s rule. De-politicization played a role in making Koreans participants in the AMOs by avoiding being labeled as Uhyong, meaning collaborator with the dictator. Under surf of various ideologies to encourage South Koreans’ participation in development projects or AMOs, South Koreans began to identify themselves with a new ideology as state citizens of the ROK. A new Korean nation emerged through the experiences that Koreans had participated in. This thesis investigates the process of the creation of the new Korean nation during the economic development period. The salvation of a struggle between the nation state vs the national state in Korea emerged as an economic development and the creation a new Korean nation within the boundary of demilitarized zone the ROK. National subject discourse becomes a key factor of the process of emergence of a new Korean nation. / text

Temos aktualumas ir problematika. Remiantis Bažnyčios mokymu galima pažymėti, kad suaugusiųjų ugdymas(is) turi būti didžiausias šiuolaikinės Bažnyčios rūpestis. Reikalinga telkti tikinčiuosius į atviras ir gyvas bendruomenes, kuriose būtų skelbiamas Dievo Žodis, švenčiama Eucharistija ir vykdoma artimo meilės tarnystė. Vatikano II Susirinkimo nutarimuose akcentuojama būtinybė, kad suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymu(si) tikėjimas taptų gyvas, sąmoningas ir veiklus. Tačiau Vatikano II Susirinkimo nutarimai Lietuvoje dar tik pradedami įgyvendinti ir suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymas(is) ir jo raiška tikinčiųjų bendruomenėse nepakankamai atskleisti. Tyrimo klausimas. Kokie svarbiausi suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo Katalikų Bažnyčioje ugdymo(si) ypatumai ir kaip jie reiškiasi X parapijoje. Tyrimo objektas. Suaugusių tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymas(is). Darbo tikslas. Atskleisti suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymą(si) ir identifikuoti jo raišką X parapijoje. Nustatyta, kad suaugusiųjų ugdymo(si) metodai apibrėžiami kaip religinių tradicijų, religinės tapatybės ir religinių potyrių atvėrimas, kuris turi padėti asmeniui tapti subjektu Dievo atžvilgiu. Laisvas žmogaus atsakas į Dievo kvietimą yra jo tikėjimas į Jėzų Kristų. Žmogaus idealas yra Dievą mylinti ir Dievo pilna asmenybė. Tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymo(si) procesas – tai ketvirtasis Ad gentes evangelizacinio modelio etapas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The relevance and topic of the theme. According to the Church's teaching adult (self) education should be the main concern of the modern Church. It is necessary to mobilize believers in open and lively communities in which the Word of God would be proclaimed, the Eucharist would be celebrated and the neighbor’s love actions would be fulfilled. The Second Vatican Council emphasized that by the (self) education of adult believers’ communal life the faith would become lively, aware and active. However, the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council is still in their initial stages in Lithuania and the (self) education and manifestation of adult believers‘ communal life in believers’ communities are insufficiently disclosed. The question of research. What are the main peculiarities of the (self) education and manifestaion of adult believers’ communal life in the Catholic Church in parish X? The object of research. The (self) education of adult believers‘ communal life. The purpose of research. Reveal the (self) education of adult believers’ communal life and identify its manifestation in parish X. It was found that adult (self) education methods are defined as the opening of religious traditions, religious identity and religious experience, which should help a person to become a subject in God’s regard. Human’s free response to God's call is his faith in Jesus Christ. The spirit of generosity and personal greatness depends on solidity of union with the Son of God. The ideal of a... [to full text]

This study has presented a comprehensive narrative and overview of the nature of and changes in civic engagement in the city of Muncie over the last 75 years. The evidence suggests that the people of Muncie today are just as involved with their community and with their fellow Munsonians as they were in the 1920s and 1930s. However, the expression of this engagement has changed in the intervening years as people have moved away from direct participation in voluntary societies and clubs such as the Elks and Masons and toward indirect participation in professionally run organizations such as the United Way and various sports leagues. Participation in the past meant attending weekly meetings and taking part in elected leadership of these groups while today's participation usually takes the form of one-time donations to and attendance at events hosted by, professionally managed organizations. / Department of Political Science