Shuman Going Local

Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-78233-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small are losing control of their economies to outside interests. Going Local shows how some cities and towns are fighting back. Refusing to be overcome by Wal-Marts and layoffs, they are taking over abandoned factories, switching to local produce and manufactured goods, and pushing banks to loan money to local citizens. Shuman details how dozens of communities are recapturing their own economies with these new strategies, investing not in outsiders but in locally owned businesses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shuman, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
No Place Like Home
The Perils of Mobility
The Triumphs of Economists
An Emerging Countermovement
A Way Forward
1. Place Matters
Bad People and Bad Civics
The Science of Efficiency
Free Trade vs. Community
A New Economics of Place
2. Needs-Driven Industries
Import Replacement
Food Industries
Energy Industries
Natural-Resources Industries
Materials Industries
Beyond Necessities
3. Community Corporations
A Taxonomy of American Business
Engines of Self-Reliance
New Models
Empowerment Through Ownership
4. Financing the Future
Bankers vs. Communities
Community-Development Financial Institutions
Unconventional Loans
Locally Owned Equity
Pension Reinvestment
The Role of Public Policy
5. Pro-Community Local Governance
The Virtues of Localism
Local Reinvestment
Local Purchasing
Selective Privatization
Local Hiring
Local Taxes
A Question of Power
6. Bringing Home Power, Not Bacon
Real Home Rule
A New Approach to Trade
Rethinking Corporations
Neighborhood Banking
Community Lobbying
7. Making History
Ten Steps Toward Community Self-Reliance
The New Global Village
The Lilliputian Strategy
Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Michael H. Shuman, co-director of the Village Foundation's Institute for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, is author of five books and numerous articles on the relationship between community and international affairs. His work has appeared in The Nation, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post. He lives in Washington, DC.