Constituencies, Clients, and Agreement in Rural Development: A Preliminary Statement for Project S-120. [Report No.: USDA-CSRS-S-120

Autor/in	Voth, Donald E.
Titel	Constituencies, Clients, and Agreement in Rural Development: A Preliminary Statement for Project S-120. [Report No.: USDA-CSRS-S-120
Quelle	(1977), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Agencies; Agency Role; Attitudes; Classification; Comparative Analysis; Criteria; Delivery Systems; Models; Organizations (Groups); Policy Formation; Political Influences; Power Structure; Public Opinion; Research Methodology; Rural Development; Rural Population; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Auslieferung; Analogiemodell; Politische Betätigung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Öffentliche Meinung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Landbevölkerung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Objective B of the Regional Project Statement for Project S-120 is "to determine perceptions toward development in activities, agency representatives, and clientele affected by organizational and agency activities". This paper addresses Objective B and presents a perspective which "suggests an answer to the inevitable 'so what' question when agency and public's responses are compared". Consideration is given to the "bottom up" and the "top down" perspectives; wherein the primary flow of power, influence, information, resources, etc. is perceived as coming from the bottom or the top. A general frame of reference for classification of publics and for straightforward, practical treatment of comparisons of publics and agencies is presented; wherein, the constituency relates to the agency according to the bottom-up perspective and the clientele relates to the agency according to the top-down perspective. Agencies are classified as public or governmental and private and the nature of constituencies and clientele is distinguished in terms of "federated" and/or "grassroots" publics. Finally, consideration is given to methodological issues and questions (e.g., which components should be included in such a research study, who would serve as the least biased interviewees, and how valid is the business of treating comparisons comparatively). (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01