Economic Development in American Cities
The Pursuit of an Equity Agenda
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
256 pages
978-0-7914-7984-1 (ISBN)
Description
Evaluates the impact of equity investments in five cities during the 1990s.
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Michael I. J. Bennett | Robert P. Giloth
Economic Development in American Cities
The Pursuit of an Equity Agenda
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06/2008
State University of New York Press
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Michael I. J. Bennett | Robert P. Giloth
Economic Development in American Cities
The Pursuit of an Equity Agenda
Book
07/2007
State University of New York Press
€96.00
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Persons
Michael I. J. Bennett is Associate Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Monsignor John J. Egan Urban Center at DePaul University. He is the coeditor (with John P. Koval, Larry Bennett, Fassil Demissie, Roberta Garner, and Koljoong Kim) of The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis. Robert P. Giloth is Director of Family Economic Success at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He is the editor of Workforce Development Politics: Civic Capacity and Performance; Workforce Intermediaries for the Twenty-first Century; and Jobs and Economic Development: Strategies and Practices.
Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Full Employment and Local Workforce Politics and Policies
Robert P. Giloth 1. Investing in Equity: Targeted Economic Development for Neighborhoods and Cities
Robert P. Giloth 2. Equity Policies and Practices of the Harold Washington Administration: Lessons for Progressive Cities
Stephen J. Alexander 3. Reflections on Austin in the 1990s: Economic Development through Workforce Initiatives
Robert W. Glover, Dan O'Shea, and Christopher T. King 4. Seattle's Best Practices in the 1990s: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Development
Bob Watrus and Jodi Haavig 5. The Cleveland Experience: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Initiatives during the 1990s
Norman Krumholz and Daniel E. Berry 6. Rochester: Two Faces of Regionalism, 1993-2006
Pierre Clavel 7. The Savannah Story: The Road to Equity and Sustainable Community Development
Henry Moore and Christopher Morrill 8. Social Equity and Twenty-first-Century Cities
Michael I. J. Bennett and Robert P. Giloth Index
Robert P. Giloth 1. Investing in Equity: Targeted Economic Development for Neighborhoods and Cities
Robert P. Giloth 2. Equity Policies and Practices of the Harold Washington Administration: Lessons for Progressive Cities
Stephen J. Alexander 3. Reflections on Austin in the 1990s: Economic Development through Workforce Initiatives
Robert W. Glover, Dan O'Shea, and Christopher T. King 4. Seattle's Best Practices in the 1990s: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Development
Bob Watrus and Jodi Haavig 5. The Cleveland Experience: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Initiatives during the 1990s
Norman Krumholz and Daniel E. Berry 6. Rochester: Two Faces of Regionalism, 1993-2006
Pierre Clavel 7. The Savannah Story: The Road to Equity and Sustainable Community Development
Henry Moore and Christopher Morrill 8. Social Equity and Twenty-first-Century Cities
Michael I. J. Bennett and Robert P. Giloth Index
