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The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century book cover

1st Edition

The Inner City Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century

By Catherine Ross Copyright 1997
    366 Pages
    by Routledge

    368 Pages
    by Routledge

    Michael Porter has argued that a sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city only if it has been created elsewhere: through private, for-profit, initiatives and investment based on economic self-interest and genuine competitive advantage-not through artificial inducements, charity, or government. Porter's ideas have prompted endorsement as well as criticism. More importantly, they have inspired a search for new solutions to inner city distress as well as a reassessment of current approaches. The Inner City defines a core debate in the United States over the future of a racially divided urban America. It is of inestimable importance to policy analysts, government officials, African American studies scholars, urban studies specialists, sociologists, and all those concerned with inner city revitalization.

    Co-Editors’ Introduction; Abstracts of Contributions and Profiles of the Authors *; Part 1: Responses from the Academy; 1: Economic Development Strategies for the Inner City: The Need for Governmental Intervention; 2: Entrepreneurship and the Advantages of the Inner City: How to Augment the Porter Thesis; 3: Business Strategy and Access to Capital in Inner-City Revitalization; 4: Rebuilding Inner Cities: Basic Principles; 5: Déjà-vu All Over Again: Porter’s Model of Inner-City Redevelopment; 6: Taking Back the Inner City: A Review of Recent Proposals; 7: Political Economy of Urban Poverty in the 21st Century: How Progress and Public Policy Generate Rising Poverty; 8: Promoting Economic Development in the Inner City: The Importance of Human Resources; 9: The Porter Model of Competitive Advantage for Inner-City Development: An Appraisal; 10: Michael Porter: New Gilder of Ghettos; 11: Revitalizing the Inner City: A Holistic Approach; 12: Reparations and the Competitive Advantage of Inner Cities; 13: Potential Welfare Gains from Improving Economic Conditions in the Inner City; 14: Is the Inner City Competitive?; Part 2: Responses from Community Service Providers; 15: Overview of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City; 16: Making Comparative Advantage Work for Economic Opportunity; 17: Economic Development or Social Development? A Strategy for Rebuilding Inner Cities; 18: Mr. Porter’s “Competitive Advantage” for Inner-City Revitalization: Exploitation or Empowerment?; 19: A Dialogue on The Atlanta Project with Jane Smith, Executive Director; Part 3: Responses from Michael Porter and the Editors; 20: An Economic Strategy for America’s Inner Cities: Addressing the Controversy; 21: Location Preferences of Successful African American-Owned Businesses in Atlanta

    Biography

    Thomas D. Boston, Catherine Ross

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