These expert case studies focus on ways in which a variety of innovative local economic development programs have been implemented in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Authorities with varied experience show how policies and programs must fit into a political and legal system, meet specific external and environemtnal requirements, serve certain groups and settings, and bring about tangible results. Students and scholars, policymakers and practitioners, economists and businessmen, labor and government specialists, and public administrators will find these case studies illuminating.
This comparative study first gives an overview of innovative policies and programs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The surveys range from South Bend, Indiana, Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Ruhrgebiet, Germany, West Scotland, Wales, and Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Among other issues the case studies cover waterfront development, urban revitalization, regional reconstruction, job preservation, and proactive community development.
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Overview
Local Economic Policy and Its Implementation: Case Studies of Innovative Efforts by Peter B. Meyer
Putting Targeted Economic Development to Work: the Role of Targeted Marketing in an Economic Development Program by C. Theodore Koebel and Cara L. Bailey
External and Environmental Influences on Local Implementation
Local Economic Development in a Traditional Industrial Area: The Case of the Ruhrgebiet by Gerd Hennings and Klaus R. Kunzmann
Employee Buyouts and Loans to Preserve Jobs: The South Bend Experience by Charles Craypo and Jerry Paar
Policy Instruments in West Central Scotland and Their Local Authority Context by William F. Lever
Regenerating Urban Neighborhoods: Local People as Implementers of Economic Development Policies by Alan McGregor and Andrew A. McArthur
Spillovers and Community Response: Local Forces Shaping Economic Development Program Implementation
From Cannery Row to Gold Coast in Baltimore: Is this Development? by Robert P. Giloth
Industrial Change and Conflict in Urban Redevelopment: The Case of South Cardiff, Wales by Huw Thomas and Rob F. Imrie
Strategic Planning for the Port of New Orleans by Alma H. Young and Robert K. Whelan
Comparative Analysis: A Case and Some Lessons
A Tale of Two Cities: Revitalizing Corby, Northamptonshire, and Youngstown, Ohio by Terry F. Buss
On the Possibility of Proactive Community Development by David Fasenfest
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