Growing Jobs
eBook - ePub

Growing Jobs

Transforming the Way We Approach Economic Development

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Growing Jobs

Transforming the Way We Approach Economic Development

About this book

This compelling book provides concrete examples and practical guidelines for addressing the most serious economic challenge facing the United States and every community in the nation: growing good jobs and enabling people to function effectively in these occupations. Each year, U.S. cities and states spend billions of dollars on incentives intended to create jobs. Are the strategies being implemented outdated? Is there a better way to create jobs? Rather than focusing on individual aspects of economic development such as entrepreneurship and start-up companies or workforce development, this book provides a comprehensive systems perspective for economic development that identifies how the new model of economic development for America is both a top-down and a bottom-up process that requires effective engagement with the community. The book begins with a broad explanation of why economic development strategy and practices need to change, and then discusses and critiques current practices using the state of Maryland as a case example. Two in-depth case studies at the city level follow, detailing leading practices that support the proposed values-based economic development model. The final section presents a framework that policymakers can use to assess and improve their current strategies and practices along with guidelines for implementing these improvements to make them more efficient, effective, and sustainable.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781440837227
eBook ISBN
9798216092506
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Jean-Claude Lauzon
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter One: The Jobs and Employment Challenge
  9. Chapter Two: What Type of Economy Do We Want to Create?
  10. Chapter Three: What Can We Learn from the Past?
  11. Chapter Four: Overview of Current State-Level Economic Development Strategies
  12. Chapter Five: Austin, Texas: The Human Capital
  13. Chapter Six: Dubuque, Iowa: Masterpiece on the Mississippi
  14. Chapter Seven: A New Framework for Local Community and Economic Development
  15. Chapter Eight: A New Framework for State Community and Economic Development
  16. Chapter Nine: Enabling the Transformation: What It Will Take
  17. Notes
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. About the Author