The cities of Lowell and New Bedford in Massachusetts, Jamestown
in New York, and McKeesport in Pennsylvania have all undergone
years of adversity and decline, their economic bases having been
badly damaged by structural changes in the national economy,
particularly in the manufacturing sector. In situations like these,
can local development efforts make a difference? Ross Gittell
answers in the affirmative. This interdisciplinary work focuses on
comparative case studies of the four cities. The book reveals how
public, private, and community-based local economic development
initiatives affect local economic performance: what works and what
does not work. City leaders and institutions can help reorganize
and "reshuffle" local resources, with results that include
increased investment, greater effort by local individuals and
institutions, more cooperation among different development
interests, and improvement in city economic positioning relative to
the regional economy and local development cycles. Gittell
emphasizes the possibility of shifting from a "zero-sum game"
(attracting jobs from elsewhere) toward the goal of converting
underutilized local resources to higher-value uses through
alternative forms of economic and political organization.
Originally published in 1992.
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