Economic Development and Social Rigidity: A Comparative Study of the Forty-Eight States

Young, Richard A.; Moreno, José Antonio Navarro

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“…The Youngs ( R . Young and Moreno, 1965;Young, 1966;Young and Young, 1973;Young, 1977a:21-39;1977b) have identified scveral distinct structural dimensions of subnational collectivities. They reason that these dimensions represent the "basic" structure or formal institutional patterns of collectivities and refer to "the different ways that a .…”

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The Structural Context of City Adoption of War on Poverty and National Flood Insurance Programs

Frey

1983

The Sociological Quarterly

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A theoretical formulation is presented that represents an abstract and parsimonious conception of public policy adoption at the subnational level. The formulation consists of two components: the principle that social phenomena exist in contexts with which they are compatible, and several distinguishing attributes of subnational collectivities and public policies. Taken together, these statements lead to the conclusion: if there is a match between attributes of a policy and those of a collectivity, then the probability increases that the policy will be adopted by the collectivity. General hypotheses derived from the formulation appear generally consistent with findings of previous research. Specific hypotheses derived from the formulation regarding city adoption of War on Poverty and National Flood Insurance programs are tested with crosssectional data for a sample of U.S. cities. Results of an ordinary least-squares regression analysis reveal support for derived hypotheses. It is concluded that the explanatory and predictive powers of the theoretical formulation are high. 0 1 9 8 3 by The Sociological Quarterly. All rights reserved.

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“…R . Young and Moreno, 1965;Moxley, 1973). That is, a fluid collectivity is char-acterized by the assignment of social roles according to achievement criteria, a polity that is accessible and competitive, and an innovative economy in which skills and rewards are distributed widely among a labor force.…”

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The Structural Context of City Adoption of War on Poverty and National Flood Insurance Programs

Frey

1983

The Sociological Quarterly

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“…In a series of articles, Ruth Young (Young, 1980;Young, 1982;Young & MacCannell, 1979;Young & Moreno, 1965) has explored the structural dimensions of the 48 American states, identifying and measuring differentiation and flexibility-rigidity. In a series of articles, Ruth Young (Young, 1980;Young, 1982;Young & MacCannell, 1979;Young & Moreno, 1965) has explored the structural dimensions of the 48 American states, identifying and measuring differentiation and flexibility-rigidity.…”

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“…A concrete research example will help to clarify these propositions. In a series of articles, Ruth Young (Young, 1980;Young, 1982;Young & MacCannell, 1979;Young & Moreno, 1965) has explored the structural dimensions of the 48 American states, identifying and measuring differentiation and flexibility-rigidity. The first is measured by a factor score that summarizes a Guttman scale of diverse governmental institutions, population size, the number of engineers in the state, manufacturing occupations, number of large corporations, large banks, and value added by manufacturing.…”

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Social indicators and social structure

Young

1983

J. Community Psychol.

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The findings from seven factor analytic studies of social indicators at the subnational level constitute the starting point for this review of the relationship of social indicators, defined as measures of individual and family welfare, and social structure. This definition acknowledges the normative element in social indicators, but it does not specify the direction that they must move in order to be considered “good” or “bad.” Three approaches to explaining social indicators are then reviewed: an indicator‐specific model as exemplified by Anderson's analysis of infant mortality; an institution‐specific model illustrated by Bidwell and Kasarda's study of the effectiveness of Colorado school districts; and a systemic‐structural model, embodied in R. Young's studies of the social organization of the 48 states in relationship to social indicators. Although all three approaches have problems, the last is claimed to be the most heuristic.

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Distribution of Household Income in America: Effects of Source of Income, Inflation, and Cost of Living Differentials

Abdel‐Ghany

Thoma

2002

Advances in Quality of Life Research 2001

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Economic Development and Social Rigidity: A Comparative Study of the Forty-Eight States

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

The Structural Context of City Adoption of War on Poverty and National Flood Insurance Programs

The Structural Context of City Adoption of War on Poverty and National Flood Insurance Programs

Social indicators and social structure

Distribution of Household Income in America: Effects of Source of Income, Inflation, and Cost of Living Differentials

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