Context Matters: The Importance of Local Culture in Community Participation

Autor/inn/en	Prokopy, Linda Stalker; Aldrich, Daniel; Ayres, Janet; Amberg, Shannon M.; Molloy, Alicia; Saylor, Amber; Thompson, Aaron
Titel	Context Matters: The Importance of Local Culture in Community Participation
Quelle	In: Journal of Extension, 50 (2012) 2, (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-5315
Schlagwörter	Extension Education; Extension Agents; Decision Making; Local Government; Participation; Meetings; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Counties; Local Issues; Regression (Statistics); Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Teilnahme; Meeting; Tagung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Encouraging members of the public to get engaged in local decision-making is a key role of Extension educators. The study reported here explores whether local context influences which individuals choose to attend public meetings about the community and the environment. The study surveyed meeting attendees and non-meeting attendees in three contextually different counties in Northern Indiana. Findings are that determinants of participation are different in all three of these counties, suggesting that context is much more important in explaining participation than was earlier thought. Therefore, it is critically important that Extension personnel be able to understand the local context. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10