Attitudes and Bureaucrats

Assessing the Representativeness of Local Officials in New Hampshire1

Bibliographic Data

ID2281083
AuthorsA E Luloff (Pennsylvania State University), Donald G Hodges (0000-0001-6751-0927, Mississippi State University)
Year1992
Volume57
Issue3
Pages381-395
Publication date1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRural Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00471.x
OpenAlexW1991541735
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

Since the late 1950s and 1960s, New Hampshire has experienced unprecedented growth. During the past two decades, this growth has begun to be felt in the state's North Country, particularly among its many small communities. As a result of developmental pressures in this region, numerous local problems related to the environment and socioeconomic conditions surfaced. The responsibility for meeting the challenges of such growth and development often fell on amateur bureaucrats. Relatively little is known about how representative such officials are of their local citizenry in terms of attitudes and opinions or sociodemograph-ics. This paper presents the results of a study comparing demographic characteristics and assesses the congruence of attitudes of citizens and local government officials in the North Country of New Hampshire

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