| The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century Contributor(s): Ross, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560009802 ISBN-13: 9781560009801 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 338.973 |
| LCCN: 96-50096 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.08" W x 8.96" (1.22 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
