Functionalist vs. Conflict Theories: Entrepreneurship Disrupts the Power Structure in a Small Southern Community.

Gatewood, Elizabeth; Hoy, Frank

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Publication Date: 1989

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Functionalist vs. Conflict Theories: Entrepreneurship Disrupts the Power Structure in a Small Southern Community.

Gatewood, Elizabeth; Hoy, Frank

Journal of the Community Development Society, v20 n1 p70-83 1989

Examines the disruptive effects of a public-private effort to introduce an innovative venture intended to spur economic development in a small, southern, rural community. Suggests that entrepreneurial activity is most likely to occur under the conditions described in the conflict model of community power. (JOW)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Power Structure, Rural Areas

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Georgia

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