Community Economic Development in the United States

The CDFI Industry and America's Distressed Communities
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-49790-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4098 g

This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement. Community development is now a multi-billion industry in the US. Hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), located in all regions of the country, have successfully forged locally-based strategies that provide affordable housing, foster business development, and provide much needed community facilities, including innumerable charter schools, in highly distressed communities in inner city neighborhoods, rural communities, and also in American Indian areas. In many areas of the US, CDFIs represent a viable alternative to the mainstream banking industry. This volume documents the positive impact the CDFI industry has had in distressed urban and rural areas in the US.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greer, James L.

Gonzales, Oscar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Market Failure and the Possibilities of Community Development .- (Re)Discovering Poverty and Economic Underdevelopment: Michael Harrington’s The Other America: Poverty in the United States .- The CDFI Industry: Its Origins and Development .- Tax Expenditures and Social Policy .- Community Development Investment in the United States .- The Unequal Economy and the Community Development Movement.

Über Autor(innen)

James L. Greer is an independent scholar with a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago, USA. His research interests include, along with American community economic development, early New Deal housing and banking policies, home mortgage redlining, and the patterning of economic growth in the American metropolitan areas.
Oscar Gonzales is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Maryland, USA. He holds a BA and MA from Yale University, USA. His research focuses on economic and community development in low-income communities. Previously, he held positions at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Congressional Research Service.