Elites and Change in the Kentucky Mountains.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Modernization: A Case Study -- Concerning Modernization -- The Kentucky Mountains -- Theories of Communication in Modernization -- 2 The Interstitial Persons -- The Study Sample -- Content of the Inquiry -- Background Characteristics of the Elites -- Summary -- 3 The Social Mobilization of Mountain Elites -- Social Exposure -- The Elites & -- the Socialization of Youth -- Political & -- Civic Participation -- The Overall Participation Matrix -- Summary -- 4 Attitudes toward Tradition & -- Change -- Mountain Culture & -- the Outsider -- Prospects & -- Policies for Modernization -- 5 Mountain Elites: Resources for Modernization? -- The Components Analysis & -- Attitude Clusters -- Attitude Patterns among Mountain Elites -- Social Mobilization & -- Attitude Patterns -- Profiles & -- Prospects -- 6 The Market of Ideas -- The Mountain Scene -- Strategies for Change in the Mountains -- 7 The Social Dynamics of Modernization: The Appalachian Kentucky Case -- Appalachian Kentucky: The Problem of Modernization -- The Schools & -- the Cultural-Bridge Function -- Communication & -- Social Mobilization -- Tables -- Appendix A: The ESLS Questionnaire -- Appendix B: The TC Questionnaire -- Appendix C: Attitude Factor Scores & -- Their Correlates -- The Methodology -- Regression Results & -- Their Interpretation: The Example of Factor 3 -- Analyses of Regressions for Other Factors -- Summary Remarks -- Glossary of Independent Variables Used in the Regressions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Kentucky. Social change. Kentucky -- Social conditions.