dc.contributor.author	Carter, Roger R.
dc.coverage.spatial	Utah	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2004-2022	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-25T16:19:18Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-25T16:19:18Z
dc.date.issued	2022-02
dc.identifier.other	36D827FC-0A71-9580-468C-004960EFAFEE	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5435
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to expand the concept of social capital by primarily looking at the role that community centers play in the development of citizenship attitudes as well as political and voluntary behavior. This study surveyed residents of Washington City, Utah, on their use of the local community center and their citizenship attitudes and political and volunteer activities within the community. Initially, this study analyzed demographic characteristics that influence community center attendance. Secondly, it explored the relationship between community center attendance and civic behavior and citizenship attitudes or domains, as Tracy Glover (2004) defined in his study The Community Center and Social Construction of Citizenship. Finally, the study analyzed whether participating in individual or group activities influenced civic attitudes and performance. Survey responses were analyzed using factor analysis as well as OLS and logit regression analysis. Through the use of statistical modeling a fourth citizenship domain titled “recognition” was identified as the only variable influenced by attendance at the community center. Although a negative relationship was identified between attendance and volunteering, there was a statistically significant positive relationship between group activities and volunteer behavior. Finally, there was no identified relationship between whether a citizen participated in activities at the community center as a group or individually and civic attitude or performance. This research did identify other relationships between community demographics citizenship attitudes and civic performance. Although the Glover research found three areas of citizenship domain, through factor analysis this study identified a fourth citizenship factor for future study. Keywords: Social Capital, Community Center, Civic Behavior, Citizenship Attitude, Sense of Community, Participation	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 -- Study Overview 2 -- Statement of the Problem 4 -- Purpose 5 -- Research Questions 5 -- Significance of the Study 7 -- Summary 8 -- Chapter II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 10 -- Overview 10 -- Theoretical Framework 11 -- Elements of Citizenship 15 -- Building Social Capital within the Community 18 -- Community Development 25 -- Community Centers 30 -- Gaps in Existing Literature 39 -- Summary 40 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 44 -- Overview 44 -- Philosophical Foundation 47 -- SCI Index and Glover Research Alignment 48 -- Glover Data Grouping 49 -- Sense of Community Grouping 49 -- Data Alignment 50 -- Research Design 51 -- Research Site 54 -- Population Sample 56 -- Data Collection Methods 57 -- Research Steps 60 -- Data Analysis 61 -- Bias 63 -- Limitations and Delimitations 64 -- Summary 66 -- Chapter IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS 67 -- Overview 67 -- Participants 68 -- Measures 68 -- Data Analysis Procedure 69 -- Results 71 -- Demographic Relationship and Community Center Attendance 71 -- Community Center and Citizenship Attitude and Behavior 75 -- Statistical Modeling 75 -- Washington City Community Survey 80 -- Attendance and Sense of Community Opinion 81 -- Attendance and Civic Performance 86 -- Participation Activities and a Sense of Community 89 -- Citizen Response on Sense of Community 90 -- Community Center Attendees Perception on Good Citizenship 90 -- Summary 93 -- Chapter V: DISCUSSION 95 -- Overview 95 -- Analysis of Findings 96 -- Glover Model and Proxy Indicators 99 -- Washington City Results 102 -- Other Factors 103 -- Political and Volunteer Activity 106 -- Alternate Variable(s) 108 -- Public Response 112 -- Good Citizen 113 -- Connection to the Community 114 -- Limitations 115 -- Further Research 117 -- Conclusion 117 -- Reference List 120.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Civics	en_US
dc.subject	Community centers	en_US
dc.subject	Community development--Citizen participation	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Political participation	en_US
dc.subject	Public Administration	en_US
dc.subject	Social capital (Sociology)	en_US
dc.title	The Role of Community Centers in the Development of Citizenship Attitudes and Civic Behavior	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	LaPlant, James T.
dc.description.committee	Lee, Keith E. Jr.
dc.description.committee	Roy, Ravi
dc.description.degree	D.P.A	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US