Comparative Studies in Local Economic Development: Problems in Policy Implementation

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• Recent Titles in Contributions in Economics and Economic History ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Part I Overview 1
• 1: Local Economic Policy and Its Implementation: Case Studies of Innovative Efforts 3
• 2: Putting Targeted Economic Development to Work: The Role of Targeted Marketing in an Economic Development Program 17
• Part II External and Environmental Influences on Local Implementation 31
• 3: Local Economic Development in a Traditional Industrial Area: The Case of the Ruhrgebiet 35
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 54
• 4: Employee Buyouts and Loans to Preserve Jobs: The South Bend Experience 55
• NOTES 67
• 5: Policy Instruments in West Central Scotland and Their Local Authority Context 69
• 6: Regenerating Urban Neighborhoods: Local People as Implementers of Economic Development Policies 85
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 98
• Part III Spillovers and Community Response: Local Forces Shaping Economic Development Program Implementation 99
• 7: From Cannery Row to Gold Coast in Baltimore: Is This Development? 103

• Recent Titles in Contributions in Economics and Economic History ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Part I Overview 1
• 1: Local Economic Policy and Its Implementation: Case Studies of Innovative Efforts 3
• 2: Putting Targeted Economic Development to Work: The Role of Targeted Marketing in an Economic Development Program 17
• Part II External and Environmental Influences on Local Implementation 31
• 3: Local Economic Development in a Traditional Industrial Area: The Case of the Ruhrgebiet 35
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 54
• 4: Employee Buyouts and Loans to Preserve Jobs: The South Bend Experience 55
• NOTES 67
• 5: Policy Instruments in West Central Scotland and Their Local Authority Context 69
• 6: Regenerating Urban Neighborhoods: Local People as Implementers of Economic Development Policies 85
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 98
• Part III Spillovers and Community Response: Local Forces Shaping Economic Development Program Implementation 99
• 7: From Cannery Row to Gold Coast in Baltimore: Is This Development? 103
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 116
• NOTES 116
• 8: Industrial Change and Conflict in Urban Redevelopment: The Case of South Cardiff, Wales 119
• 9: Strategic Planning for the Port of New Orleans 131
• Part IV Comparitive Analysis: A Case and Some Lessons 147
• 10: A Tale of Two Cities: Revitalizing Corby, Northamptonshire, and Youngstown, Ohio 149
• 11: On the Possibility of Pro-Active Community Development 169
• References 179
• Index 193
• About the Editor and Contributors 199
• Policy Studies Organization publications issued with Greenwood Press / Quorum Books 203