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Jobs and Economic Development
Strategies and Practice

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Planning (General)

May 1998 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
`Job-centred economic development' integrates approaches from the fields of economic development, employment training, social services and community development. Its strategies focus on connecting disadvantaged adults and youth to family-supporting jobs in their towns, cities and regional economies, and ensuring that these jobs are sustainable, thus providing the basis for long-term careers. This collection of perspectives helps tie those approaches together into a guide for community development and local economic development professionals.
 
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
Norman B Rice
Forward
Jobs - The Real Goal

 
Robert P Giloth
Jobs and Economic Development
Bennett Harrison and Marcus Weiss
Labor Market Restructuring and Workforce Development
The Changing Dynamics of Earnings, Job Security, and Training Opportunities in the United States

 
Elizabeth J Mueller and Alex Schwartz
Why Local Economic Development and Employment Training Fail for Low-Income Communities
Laura Dresser and Joel Rogers
Networks, Sectors and Workforce Learning
 
PART TWO: TECHNIQUES
Brian Bosworth
Regional Economic Analysis To Support Job Development Strategies
Peggy Clark and Amy J Kays
Labor Market Profiling
Case Studies of Information-Gathering Techniques for Employment Projects

 
 
PART THREE: EXAMPLES
Steven L Dawson
Start-Ups and Replication
Lorenzo D Harrison
Ready for Work
The Story of STRIVE

 
Janice M Nittoli and Robert P Giloth
New Careers Revisited
Paraprofessional Job Creation for Low-Income Communities

 
 
PART FOUR: ISSUES
Thomas R Dewar
Community Analysis and Organizing for Jobs
Pierre Clavel and Karen Westmont
The Politics of Jobs in Maine
Brenda A Lautsch and Paul Osterman
Changing the Constraints
A Successful Employment Training Strategy

 
Robert P Giloth
Prospects for Job-Centered Economic Development

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