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Rural Community Development: A Community State Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Jon M. Conrad  and
Barry C. Field
Jon M. Conrad
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Barry C. Field
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Research in rural community development is being pursued in a number of different directions. One of these is the identification and analysis of economic development alternatives facing rural communities. A second is the clarification and study of the preferences that rural communities may have with respect to these alternatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for integrating these two thrusts in rural development research.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , April 1976 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

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This paper is an offshoot of a larger study supported under Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972. The authors wish to express their thanks to the Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts, Amherst for its support, and Geoff Allen and Cleve Willis for their valuable comments on an earlier draft.

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