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.

Experts focus on ways in which a variety of innovative local economic developments programs have been implemented on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

About the Author

PETER B. MEYER is Professor of Urban Policy and Economics at University of Louisville, Kentucky. He has written at length on the subject of local economic development and public policy matters.

Book Information
ISBN 9780313288203
Author Peter B. Meyer
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc