Local Economic Development Policy: The United States and Canada

by Laura A. Reese, Urban Center Staff

Overview

First published in 1997. Part of the contemporary urban affairs series this volume looks at the local economic development policy of the United States and Canada. Laura Reese compares and analyzes local economic development efforts in Michigan and Ontario. She seeks to redress the paucity of literature comparing local economic development in the United States and Canada. Her goal is to examine and refine current theories of economic development policy-making to include the role of professional bureaucrats and to test an explanatory model which operates cross-nationally. Her study documents significant statutory differences of local economic development policies between the United States and Canada. At the same time, it shows that the similarities are greater than the differences. It is in the bureaucratic world where the differences really narrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317777229
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Series:	Contemporary Urban Affairs
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Reese, Laura A.; Urban Center Staff,

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Local Economic Development Policy in a Cross-National Context; Chapter 2 Policy in Canadian and U.S. Cities; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 ::; Chapter 5 ::; Chapter 6 ::; Chapter 7 A Model of Economic Development Policy-making; Chapter 8 Decision-Making Processes and Policy Outcomes; Chapter 9 Further Explanation of Local Economic Development Policy;

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