Jobs and Economic Development: Strategies and Practice

By: Giloth, Robert P.

Book Overview

"Job-centered economic development" integrates approaches from the fields of economic development, employment training, social services and community development. Its strategies focus on connecting disadvantaged adults and youth to family-supporting jobs in their towns, cities and regional economies, and ensuring that these jobs are sustainable, thus providing the basis for long-term careers. This collection of perspectives helps tie those approaches together into a guide for community development and local economic development professionals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761909133
• ISBN13: 9780761909132
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"