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Working Harder, Getting More Efficient and Losing Prosperity: Arguments for New Rural Coalitions and Social Contracts or On Getting the Problem Right
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Canadian agriculture and the rural economy are caught up in the process of global economic integration. This paper argues that new coalitions and contractual agreements are required to keep up with this globalization. The Uruguay Round of the GATT is an example of the effort of the international...
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Cooperative and Rural Development: The Case of Dayap Credit Cooperative and Development Inc., Philippines
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Murray, Eloise C., Gill, Dhara S., Lacuna-Richman, Celeste
The purpose of this study was to understand the organization and operations of a cooperative and examine its contribution to rural development in the Philippines. Quantitative and qualitative data were used in the study. Data analysis showed the socioeconomic characteristics of the cooperative's...
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1994
Murray, Eloise C., Kisko, Adrienne, Gill, Dhara S.
In the process of social change communities are impacted by internal and external forces which may threaten their existence as social entities. In an attempt to understand these processes much of the research into community attachment has focused on the relationship between social bonds and local...
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1994
Murray, Eloise C., Kisko, Adrienne, Gill, Dhara S.
Interest in the subject of social integration or urban migrants into rural communities developed as a result of the so called 'population turn around' phenomenon observed by rural sociologists in the 1970's. The focus of much of this research related to the direction of migration and factors...
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Process, Perception and Power: Notes from "Participatory" Research in a Zimbabwean Resettlement Area
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\"Participatory\" methods in research, development projects, and rural extension in developing countries have been gaining popularity. Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), and Participatory Action Research (PAR), for example, have developed alongside interest and...
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Session: Alberta Government Support for eService
2006-10-11
Mudryk, Dennis, Thomas, Dominic, Williams, Amanda
Three papers: 1. The Alberta SuperNet: What Does it Mean to Rural Business Communities? PRESENTER: Amanda Williams, University of Calgary. COAUTHORS: Prof. Cooper H Langford; Dr. Stelvia Matos. 2.The Role of Community in the Evaluation Phase of Innovation Adoption Process: The Case of Rural Urban...
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Fall 2010
This thesis is about climate change attitudes in Alberta, Canada. It applies a bivariate logistic analysis to the data gathered from a random stratified sampling survey held in Alberta in 2008. It finds that belief in the anthropogenic climate change and Conservative political ideology factors...