Confident in the knowledge that the U.S.was the dominant world
economic power, state leaders paid little attention to economic
development after World War II. Then, with increasing competition
from Asia, Germany, and South America, the recession of the 1980s,
and the Reagan cutbacks in assistance to states, they began to
place more emphasis on state economic development, finding that
earlier policies did little to help their states develop
economically. Today, the pursuit of state economic development is
so intense it pushes other issues to the back burner. Examining the
impact of interest groups on state economic development policies,
this book helps to account for some of the forces that have molded
development policy during this crucial time.
With the reemergence of economic development as a policy issue,
state policy makers have developed over 300 distinct policies. What
causes state officials to adopt or modify specific policies is open
to debate. Investigating a series of variables believed to
influence variations in state economic policies, the author finds
that contemporary theories do not adequately explain the
relationship between the lobbying efforts of interest groups and
differences in economic development policies.
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