Community Economic Development: Policy Formation in the US and UK

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Local Economic Policy Formation: Setting An Agenda For Development Research....Pages 3-13
Cross-National Comparisons of Urban Economic Programmes: Is Policy Transfer Possible?....Pages 14-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Concept of Local Economic Development Policy: Some Fundamental Questions....Pages 45-64
Turning the Tide? The Impact of Urban and Regional Regeneration Initiatives in North East England....Pages 65-89
African-American Elected Officials and the Future of Progressive Political Movements....Pages 90-108
Industrial Diversification as Economic Policy....Pages 109-121
A Tale of Three (British) Cities: Economic Development Politics in Cardiff, Leeds, and Glasgow....Pages 122-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Business Involvement in the Community: Counting the Spoons or Economic Renewal?....Pages 141-156
Community Development or Business Promotion? A Look at Sports-led Economic Development....Pages 157-172
Community Based Economic Development: The British Experience....Pages 173-187
The Dialogical Community and Economic Development....Pages 188-204
Third Sector Enterprises in the United Kingdom and Australia....Pages 205-221
Back Matter....Pages 222-241