Bradstow

by R. A. Wild

Revised Edition

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Book Description

Angus Robertson, 1978. Revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good Condition - neat clean copy. this study of political life in a small country community goes to the seat of the problem of social inequality , the,attitudes, and behaviour of the townspeople themselves. Written after two years of participant observation it is at once an absorbing factual account of everyday relations between people.and groups of people and a significant, refreshing contribution to Australian sociology and community studies.<LB>Though Dr Wild has made discreet use of statistical methods where necessary, his emphasis is upon the qualitative understanding of the interrelationships of class, status and political power in Bradstow. For this purpose he takes his clues from the conversation at an<LB>exclusive golf club or in a public bar, the details of a disagreement over the establishment of a T.A.B., the style of debate at local Council meetings , events in the ordinary life of thetown. People's perceptions of class status and the location of political power are compared' with the 'objective situation',<LB>Undoubtedlyrural communities have been robbed of much of their autonomy by such general modern trends as improvement of communications, centralization of decision-making and high population mobUity, but Dr Wild shows that tradition's developed through the history of Bradstow continue to exert a strong influence on its class and status systems. He demonstrates that parochialism is still strong. The local status system still determines to a great extent who mixes with whom, when and how

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