Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASS!FIEDDDC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO. /ZMML7AU-67U 016 5/11 15/3IO'A STATE UNIV AMES DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY ANDANTHROPOLOGYA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY PO*ER STRUCTURES.A DELINEATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PO*ERSTRUCTURES IN FIVE IOWA COMMUNITIES. tU)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE:FINAL REPT~,AUG 67 3'(6P kOHLENqJUE *M ;BEAL*GEORaEM9 ;KLONGLANiGERALD Ee ;TAITqjOHN L.RLPTs NO. kURAL SOCIOLOGY-soCONTRACT: UAhCZO-67-C-O1Z3UNCLASSIFIED REPORTSUPPLEMENTARY NOTE: SEE ALSO AD-670 U17.OLSCRIPTORS: (.SOCIOLOGYt oCIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS)cLEAULRSHIP, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY# SOCIOMETRICS,ATTIYUDES, DECISION MAKING,PECREPTION(PSYCHOLOGY), CIVIL DEFENSt PERSONNEL,PO*Evs STATJSTICAL ANALYSIS, IOWA (U)IUENTIFIERS; *cOAMUNSTY PO*ER STRUCTURES (U)TOE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS CONCEPTUALIZED AS A SOCIALSYSTEM. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM15 SOCIAL PO',, Rs A SOCIAL PcWER MODEL 15 DEFINEDWhICH MAY BE USED BY LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE CHANCEAGENTS FOR ANALYZIN4 SOCIAL POOLR IN TKEIRCOMKUNITIES, THE MAJOR CONCEPTS OF THE SOCIALPO04R MODEL kRZ SOCIAL PO*EH, AUTSORITY, INFLUENCE,POh•E STRUCTURE, AND POWER &CYORS. THE ýOMiuNiTYMEmdERS W*o HAVE SOCIAL PQWFR AND AFFECT THECOMMUNITY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS ARE DESIGNATED ASPU4ER ACTORS. THE INTErRELATIONSH;PS OF THE MAJORCONCEPTS ARE STATED AS 6ENERA.. tYPOTHESLS. 7HESOCIAL POWER MODEL *AS OPERATIONAL1ZED IN FIVE IOWACOMMUNITIES. THE COMMUNITY POWER ACTORS IN EACl.COMMUNITY WERE INTcRYIEWED. THE COMMUNITv ACTORSPERCEIVED THAT SOCTAL POhER FXI.-TED IN THE COMMUNITY.THE COtmU;ITY PJWER A:IORS LXERLISEI SOCIAL PO6ERTO AFFECT THE O±TCOMES OF cuHMUNITY ISSUE AREAS.THEY AERE FOUND TO HAVE SIK!LAR PERSONAL AND SOCIALCHAKACTERISTICS. THE POAER ACTON5 HAD A STRUCTUREIN THEIR :NIE'PLRSONAL RELATIONS* TNE PCWERSTRUCTURES TENDED TO VARY BY ISSUE AREA TO A GREATEREXTENT AS THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY INCREASED. INTHE SMA.LLR COMMUNITIEs, THE TOP POWER ACTORS TENDEDTO BE HuLUING POSIT;ONS OF AtITHORITYs vHILE THE TOPPOvER ACTORS IN THE LAR4CR COMMUNITIES TENDED TO NOTBE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY AT THE PRESENT TIME. (U)UNCLASSIrIED/ZAML7