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Detroit - Three Pathways to Revitalization (Paperback)
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Detroit - Three Pathways to Revitalization (Paperback)
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As America's most dysfunctional big city, Detroit faces urban
decay, population losses, fractured neighborhoods with impoverished
households, an uneducated, unskilled workforce, too few jobs, a
shrinking tax base, budgetary shortfalls, and inadequate public
schools. Looking to the city's future, Lewis D. Solomon focuses on
pathways to revitalizing Detroit, while offering a cautiously
optimistic viewpoint. Solomon urges an economic development
strategy, one anchored in Detroit balancing its municipal and
public school district's budgets, improving the academic
performance of its public schools, rebuilding its tax base, and
looking to the private sector to create jobs. He advocates an
overlapping, tripartite political economy, one that builds on the
foundation of an appropriately sized public sector and a for-profit
private sector, with the latter fueling economic growth. Although
he acknowledges that Detroit faces a long road to implementation,
Solomon sketches a vision of a revitalized economic sector based on
two key assets: vacant land and an unskilled labor force. The book
is divided into four distinct parts. The first provides background
and context, with a brief overview of the city's numerous
challenges. The second examines Detroit's immediate efforts to
overcome its fiscal crisis. It proposes ways Detroit can be put on
the path to financial stability and sustainability. The third
considers how Detroit can implement a new approach to job creation,
one focused on the for-profit private sector, not the public
sector. In the fourth and final part, Solomon argues that residents
should pursue a strategy based on the actions of individuals and
community groups rather than looking to large-scale projects.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Lewis D. Solomon
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
171 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-50915-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
1-138-50915-9 |
Barcode: |
9781138509153 |
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