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Community Economics
Ron Schaffer
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Description for Community Economics
Hardcover. Presents readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. This work also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals. Num Pages: 363 pages, 86. BIC Classification: JFSF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 833.
This Complete revision of Dr. Shaffer's classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The text also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals.
This Complete revision of Dr. Shaffer's classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The text also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals.
The main body of economic research and literature has neglected the economics of smaller communities. Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice fills that ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813816371
SKU
V9780813816371
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99-50
About Ron Schaffer
Ron Shaffer is an Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension. Steve Deller is a Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension. Dave Marcouiller is a Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension.
Reviews for Community Economics
"This edition succeeds...in ways very few other attempts have achieved. Concepts are applied, models explained, principles are richly explicated, and themes are well developed, all in a fashion that really draws economic theory and literature into their regional and community contexts. Even those with only a cursory exposure to the economic theory of local development will find sections of the ... Read more