1st Edition
Entrepreneurial Governance in the Neoliberal Era Local Government and the Automotive Industry
By Oliver Cowart
Copyright 2022
182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Against the background of a growing tendency among state and local governments in the United States to vie against one another, spending public funds, and foregoing corporate tax revenues in order to attract private investment, this book offers an analysis of local economic development and business recruitment in the automotive industry. Asking why localities felt they could – and, more... Read more
1. Introduction, Context, Cases
2. Theorizing Local Development Strategies
3. Patterns in the Industry – Patterns in Location
4. The Industrial Recruitment of Automotive Assembly Plants in the South
5. The Business of Partnerships
6. The Political and Economic in Partnership
7. Axiomatic? A Weird, Blurred Line
Appendix 1: Greenfield Plant Locations and Incentives Packages Detail
Appendix 2: Sample of Interview Prompts
Biography
Oliver Cowart is a former assistant professor of sociology at Paine College, U.S.A.
