1st Edition
Economic Development for Everyone Creating Jobs, Growing Businesses, and Building Resilience in Low-Income Communities
Introduction
Part I. Foundations of economic development and low-income communities
Chapter 1. Who cares? What are the realities facing low-income populations and communities in the United States today?
Chapter 2. Why bother? Who cares about the future of low-income communities?
Chapter 3. What’s the use? What can mainstream economic development do for low-income communities?
Part II. Five dynamic dimensions of economic development for low-income communities
Chapter 4. Empower your residents: begin with basic education
Chapter 5. Enhance your community: build on your existing assets
Chapter 6. Encourage your entrepreneurs
Chapter 7. Diversify your economy
Chapter 8. Sustain your development
Biography
Mark M. Miller is a professor of geography at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA, with a specialty in economic development and low-income communities. He has pursued his research interests across Mississippi and the South, Arizona, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Jamaica, and Nunavut.
"Mark Miller’s book, Economic Development for Everyone, is the best economic development book in decades. In it, Miller approaches the impossible goal of writing a book with academic rigor, yet with practical application, that reaches a diverse audience of academics, students, economic development practitioners, and community leaders. The book is focused on "ED practice, rather than more basic research or theory-building" (p. 5), yet the depth and breadth of the literature covered is astounding. […] Practitioners of economic development, even those not primarily working with low-income communities, should read this book. The goal of economic development should be to create opportunities for everyone, and Miller gives an excellent review of the effectiveness of those approaches. Economic development as an academic field owes him a debt of gratitude. We now have a single source that captures the best approaches and research across the field." — Jason Jolley, Ohio University, USA, published in Economic Development Quarterly, October 2018.
