The Community Economic Development Movement: Law, Business, and the New Social Policy

by William H. Simon

Book Overview

While traditional welfare efforts have waned, a new style of social policy implementation has emerged dramatically in recent decades. The new style is reflected in a panoply of Community Economic Development (ced) initiatives--efforts led by locally-based organizations to develop housing, jobs, and business opportunities in low-income neighborhoods.
In this book William H. Simon provides the first comprehensive examination of the evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822328151
• ISBN13: 9780822328155
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"