Approaches to Economic Development: Readings From Economic Development Quarterly

ISBN 10: 0761918833 / ISBN 13: 9780761918837

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches to Economic Development: Readings From Economic Development Quarterly
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761918833
• ISBN 13: 9780761918837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This Reader presents a selection of articles from Economic Development Quarterly, the premier journal for practitioners and academics of local economic development. The pieces chosen cover both the breadth and the cutting edge of real world economic development practices.

About the Authors

John P. Blair is a Professor of Economics at Wright State University where he teaches courses in urban economics and local economic development. He received a Ph. D. from West Virginia University. He has served as a consultant for a variety of state and local governments as well as private agencies. He has written numerous books and articles about urban issues and public policies. Blair’s academic articles have appeared in such journals as Land Economics, Growth and Change, and Economic Development Quarterly.

Laura A. Reese is professor of political science and director of the Global Urban Studies Program at Michigan State University. Her research on economic development, public finance, civic culture and workplace harassment has been published in Regional Science and Urban Economics, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Urban Affairs, American Review of Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and many other journals. She has written 10 books of which three, including Comparative Civic Culture, were published in 2012. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Wayne State University in 1985.