Forced migration and social mobility: A case study of families displaced from an urban renewal clearance project area
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Authors
Francis, Joe D.
Advisors
Cowgill, Donald O. (Donald Olen), 1911-
Issue Date
1964-08
Type
Thesis
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Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effects of migration from an urban renewal project upon the social status of the families involved. The question which guided the design of the study was: Has the social status of those families who are displaced by an urban renewal project been improved or lowered? An urban renewal clearance project executed in Wichita, Kansas, in 1960-1961 was -the specific ease to which this question was directed.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Review of the writings on social stratification, social class, and social mobility; and statement of theoretical position -- The development of the concepts of social class and stratification -- Empirical approaches to the delineation of stratification -- The concept of social mobility -- Survey of the literature of studies which treat the relation of physical mobility to social mobility -- A study of the social mobility of urban renewal families -- Statement of the problem -- Statement of hypotheses -- Methodology for collecting the data -- Description of concrete case -- Methods of analysis of the data -- Test of hypotheses -- Analysis of the interrelationships of subscales of the I.S. C. And of the relation of certain demographic factors to status change -- Conclusion -- Appendixes and bibliography
Description
Thesis (M.A.)-- University of Wichita, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Publisher
Wichita State University