Date of Award
1-1-2019
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
School of Social Welfare
Content Description
1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) : color illustrations.
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Katharine Briar-Lawson
Committee Members
Hal Lawson, Carmen Morano
Keywords
Age-Friendly Communities, Aging in place, Collaboration, Collective action, Rural elderly, Community development, Population aging, Quality of life, Social service, Rural
Subject Categories
Gerontology | Social Work
Abstract
Age-Friendly Communities (AFC) initiatives convene stakeholders across sectors and service areas throughout a community to work together to improve the social and built environments for older persons living in the community. While the AFC movement has been active internationally for thirteen years, little is known about the mechanisms that drive this work and its successes. This study aims to uncover some of the key collective action processes and structures that comprise AFC work in a rural county in New York State, through a collaboration theory framework and a social network analysis design.
Recommended Citation
Pestine-Stevens, Althea R., "Mapping collective action structures and activities in a rural age-friendly communities initiative" (2019). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 2359.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/2359