Jobs and Economic Development

Strategies and Practice
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0914-9
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

"Job-centered economic development" integrates approaches from the fields of economic development, employment training, social services, and community development, making access to good jobs a primary outcome. Its strategies focus on connecting disadvantaged adults and youth to family-supporting jobs in their neighborhoods, cities, and regional economies, and ensuring that those jobs are sustainable, providing the basis for long-term careers. Workable policies and practices for job-centered economic development are vitally important to agencies responsible for implementing welfare reform and workforce policy reform. It is a key element of the emerging "new federalism" in U.S. government, and therefore a development strategy critical to the future success of state and local governments.

The collection of perspectives in Jobs and Economic Development combines an understanding of today's labor market with evaluations of current approaches to poverty alleviation. Case studies of successful jobs projects illustrate the ingredients needed for effective programs while also identifying the key factors related to program replication and bringing workforce innovations to scale. Finally, the book explores and documents the role of community organizing to bring about effective workforce development, the challenges for evaluators as they seek to understand the impact of these jobs projects, and how the politics of jobs plays out at the local and state levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rice, Norman B.

Giloth, Robert

Giloth, Robert E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: BACKGROUND
Forward - Norman B Rice
Jobs - The Real Goal
Jobs and Economic Development - Robert P Giloth
Labor Market Restructuring and Workforce Development - Bennett Harrison and Marcus Weiss
The Changing Dynamics of Earnings, Job Security, and Training Opportunities in the United States
Why Local Economic Development and Employment Training Fail for Low-Income Communities - Elizabeth J Mueller and Alex Schwartz
Networks, Sectors and Workforce Learning - Laura Dresser and Joel Rogers
PART TWO: TECHNIQUES

Regional Economic Analysis To Support Job Development Strategies - Brian Bosworth
Labor Market Profiling - Peggy Clark and Amy J Kays
Case Studies of Information-Gathering Techniques for Employment Projects
PART THREE: EXAMPLES
Start-Ups and Replication - Steven L Dawson
Ready for Work - Lorenzo D Harrison
The Story of STRIVE
New Careers Revisited - Janice M Nittoli and Robert P Giloth
Paraprofessional Job Creation for Low-Income Communities
PART FOUR: ISSUES
Community Analysis and Organizing for Jobs - Thomas R Dewar
The Politics of Jobs in Maine - Pierre Clavel and Karen Westmont
Changing the Constraints - Brenda A Lautsch and Paul Osterman
A Successful Employment Training Strategy
Prospects for Job-Centered Economic Development - Robert P Giloth