The Politics of Plant Closings

by John Portz

Book Overview

The spectre of a plant closing can cast a deep shadow over a city. During the last fifteen years plant closings have eliminated about 15 million factory jobs and, as a result, brought economic devastation to numerous plant-dependent cities.

Other writers have chronicled the often catastrophic effects of these shutdowns on urban workers and their communities. John Portz is the first to provide an in-depth look at what local governments have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700604731
• ISBN13: 9780700604739
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"