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The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

State and Local Economic Development Policy in the United States

By: Peter K. Eisinger

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The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

State and Local Economic Development Policy in the United States

By: Peter K. Eisinger

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State charts the development of state and local government initiatives to influence the market and strengthen economic development policies. This trend marked a decisive break from governments' traditionally small role in the affairs of private industry that defined the relationship between the public and private sector for the first half of the twentieth century. The turn to state and local government intervention signaled a change in subnational politics that, in many ways, transcended partisan politics, regional distinctions ,and racial alliances. Eisinger's meticulous research uncovers state and local governments' transition from supply-side to demand-side strategies of market creation. He shows that, instead of relying solely on the supply-side strategies of tax breaks and other incentives to encourage business relocation, some governments promoted innovation and the creation of new business approaches.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299118746

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Toward an End to Hunger in America

By: Peter K. Eisinger

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Toward an End to Hunger in America

By: Peter K. Eisinger

Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition. We spend a smaller percentage of our income on food than any other nation. We feed much of the world with our surpluses. Consumers, retailers, and restaurants throw away one-quarter of our food stock every year. And yet data collected by the federal government show that almost 12 percent of American households either suffer from hunger or worry about going hungry. Why are so many Americans afflicted with "food insecurity" during such prosperous times? According to this book, it's not simply an artifact of poverty: even most of the poorest homes have access to adequate food. Nor is it indifference to their plight or a lack of ways to help: Americans strongly support government food assistance, and there are a host of public and private programs devoted to feeding the hungry. Peter Eisinger seeks to unravel the puzzle of America's hunger and asserts that it is a problem that can be solved. He believes that the perception of hunger and responses to it emerge from a complex, intellectual, political, and social context. He begins by looking for a meaningful definition of hunger, then examines the structure and funding of government food assistance programs, the roles of Congress and community interest groups, and the contributions of volunteer organizations. He concludes by offering ideas to reduce the nation's perplexing hunger problem, based on creating stronger partnerships between public and private food programs.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815791240

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9780815791249

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

State and Local Economic Development Policy in the United States

By: Peter K. Eisinger

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Black Employment in City Government, 1973-1980

By: Peter K. Eisinger

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Black Employment in City Government, 1973-1980

By: Peter K. Eisinger

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University Press of America

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0941410323

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Mainstream and Margins Revisited

Sixty Years of Commentary on Minorities in America

By: Peter I. Rose

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Mainstream and Margins Revisited

Sixty Years of Commentary on Minorities in America

By: Peter I. Rose

When his book Mainstream and Margins was published in 1983, Peter Rose’s writings on American minorities and those who studied them painted a vivid picture of what life was like in America for Jews, Blacks, and other minorities in the United States. Now, a third of a century later, he revisits the topic, with sixteen new chapters, in addition to seven from the original edition. Newer content covers immigration and American refugee policy; reexamines the term “model minority,” first used to describe Jews, but now applied to Asian Americans; and the resurgence of nativism both in regard to new migrants from Latin America and to the growth of Islamophobia since the 9/11 attacks. Rose also reassesses what is still one of the most controversial documents about race and class ever written, Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “The Negro Family: A Case for National Action.” Rose writes about other authors who have addressed many of the principal concerns of this book, ranging from novelists Tom Wolfe and Harper Lee to sociologists David Riesman, Robin M. Williams, Jr., and William Julius Wilson. Historical tensions between Jews and African Americans and debates about “liberal” vs. “corporate” pluralism seen from the perspective of both whites and non-whites are also discussed in this seminal volume by a master on the subject.

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1412863929

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Book's by Peter K. Eisinger

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

Toward an End to Hunger in America

Toward an End to Hunger in America

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State

Black Employment in City Government, 1973-1980

Black Employment in City Government, 1973-1980

Mainstream and Margins Revisited

Mainstream and Margins Revisited

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