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Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a research study designed to evaluate the “social factor cost” of a developmental project which was implemented within a rural community in central Ohio. The State of Ohio employing eminent domain laws procured extensive land acreage for a regional research center which necessitated the displacement of numerous long-term local residents. The study employed social psychological variables to analyze the local people’s responses to their changed community, existing group interaction, and attitudes toward the project and land acquisition by the state. The results of the study demonstrated that the affected group held very favorable attitudes toward their community and group relations within the changed community. There were, however, rather negative attitudes toward the developmental project and land acquisition by the state.
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Ted L. Napier
Ted L. Napier is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Eoconomics and Rural Sociology, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and the Ohio State University.
Cathy J. Wright
Cathy J. Wright is a research associate in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and the Ohio State University.