
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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 Are the strategies being implemented outdated?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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: The Jobs and Employment Challenge
- Chapter Two: What Type of Economy Do We Want to Create?
- Chapter Three: What Can We Learn from the Past?
- Chapter Four: Overview of Current State-Level Economic Development Strategies
- Chapter Five: Austin, Texas: The Human Capital
- Chapter Six: Dubuque, Iowa: Masterpiece on the Mississippi
- Chapter Seven: A New Framework for Local Community and Economic Development
- Chapter Eight: A New Framework for State Community and Economic Development
- Chapter Nine: Enabling the Transformation: What It Will Take
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author