Theories of Local Economic Development

PART ONE: LOCATION AND SPACE THEORIES Location Theory - John P Blair and Robert Premus Theories of Regional Development - Arthur C Nelson PART TWO: SPACE-BASED STRATEGIES Applying Theory to Practice in Rural Economies - Marie Howland The Economic Development of Neighborhoods and Localities - Wim Wiewel, Michael Teitz and Robert Giloth Ghetto Economic Development - William Woodbridge Goldsmith and Lewis A Randolph PART THREE: LABOR AND CAPITAL THEORIES Labor Force, Education, and Work - Joan Fitzgerald Theory and Practice in High-Tech Economic Development - Harvey A Goldstein and Michael I Luger PART FOUR: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THEORIES Political Economy and Urban Development - C Scott Holupka and Anne B Shlay Race and Class in Local Economic Development - John J Betancur and Douglas C Gills PART FIVE: ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS Citizenship and Economic Development - Elaine B Sharp and Michael G Bath Technology Transfer and Economic Development - Julia Melkers, Daniel Bugler and Barry Bozeman Theories of Entrepreneurship - Timothy Bates PART SIX: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Constituting Economic Development - Robert A Beauregard A Theoretical Perspective Metaphors of Economic Development - Robert Mier and Richard D Bingham