States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization / Edition 1

by Robert H. Wilson

Overview

Wilson examines how economic and political decentralization is affecting the development policymaking environment at the state level. The book first empirically examines the changing economic geography of the country and the specific effects on the economic structure of states. Following this, three case studies are presented. These constitute an investigation of the intergovernmental context of public policymaking and the historical role of state government in development. Economic development and technology policy generally involve targeted assistance to particular elements of the economy. Telecommunications policy represents a regulatory role for states in the most significant infrastructure of the information age. Education and training, long principal responsibilities of state government, represent a form of social infrastructure and are perhaps the most vital for ensuring the long-term viability of a states's economy. Each of these policy areas present different state development roles, and the ability of a state to adapt its policies appropriately will determine—according to this author—its future prosperity.

This text will be of interest to scholars, students, and policymakers in regional planning, state and local government, public administration, and public policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945060
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/24/1993
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Mass
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

ROBERT H. WILSON is professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas. He is the coeditor of Telecommunications and Rural Development (Praeger, 1991) and The New Urban Infrastructure (Praeger, 1990).

Table of Contents

Structural Economic Change and the States
Policymaking and the States
The State Role in Economic Development
Development and Technology Policy
The State as Regulator of Infrastructure: Telecommunications Policy
The State as Social Infrastructure Provider: Education and Training
State Policymaking and Economic Change
Appendices: The Theil Index; The Census Regions; Welfare Spending per $100 of Personal Income by State, 1987