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: |
AldineTransaction
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2013 |
First published: |
December 2013 |
Authors: |
Lewis D. Solomon
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4128-5196-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
1-4128-5196-3 |
Barcode: |
9781412851961 |
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