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UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHYSEARCH CONTROL No* /ZMML7AD-623 918 5/9 15/3IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATIONAMESCOMMUNITY POWER ACTORS AND CIVIL DEFENSE. ADELINEATION OF COMMUNITY POWER ACTORS AND AN ANALYSISOF THEIq CIVIL uEFENSE ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE9BEHAVIOX, A.,D SOURCES OF INFORMATION. lU)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL REpT.,65 183P BOHLENJOE Me ;BEALGEORGEMe ;KLONGLAi•,4ERALD E.ITAITJOHN Le IREPT. NO. RURAL SOCIOLOGY-0OSUPPLEMENTARYUNCLASSIFIED REPORTNOTE;DESCRIPTONS: (*CIVIL DEFENSE PtRSONNELs LEADERSHIP),(OSOCIOLOGY, CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS), ATTITUDES.BEHAVIOR, JECISIUN MAKING, POWER, URBAN AREAS,RURAL AREAS, POPULATION, PUBLIC OPINION* FALLOUTSHELTERS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, TAbLES, IOWA (U)A SOCIAL POrtER MODEL I5 DEFINED WHICH MAY BE USEDBY THE LOCAL CIvIL UEFENSE DIRECTOR FOR ANALYZINGSOCIAL POWER IN HIS COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY=•MEMBERS WHO HAVE SOCIAL POWER AND AFFLCT THECOMMUNITY DECISIONMAKING PROCESS ARE DESIGNATFD ASPOWER ACTORS, THE POWER ACTORS IN FIVE !OWACOMMUNITIES WERE INTENVIE*ED. THEy *ERE FOUND TOHAVE SIMILAR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS.THE POWER ACTORS QERE PERCEIVED TO HAVE SOCIALPOAER IF THL COMMUNITY RAS TO BUILD A COMMUNITYFALLOUT SMELTER 1:4 THE NEAR FUTURE. THE POWERACTORS, CIVIL DEFENSE ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, SOURCESOF INFORMATION, AND ACTIONS WERE ANALYZED. THEPO*ER ACTORS (1) HAD A LOW PERCEPTION OF THREAT,(2) PERCEIVED THAT *E SHOULD HAVE CIVIL DEFENSEPROGRAMS WHICH (A) LICENSES, MARKS, AND StOCKSEXISTIN(a BUILDINGS, (B) ENCOURAGESCONSTRUCTIONTHEOF INDIVIDUAL FAMILy SHELTERS, (C)MAKLS AVAILABLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SHELTER SPACES IN NE* PUBLiCBUILDINGS, AND (L) ENCOURAGES COMMUNITIES ORLOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OwNLOCALLY FINANCED COMMUNITY SHELTERS. (AUTHOR) (U)59UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7