ABOUT THIS BOOK

Over the past four decades, the forces of economic restructuring, globalization, and suburbanization, coupled with changes in social policies have dimmed hopes for revitalizing minority neighborhoods in the U.S. Community economic development offers a possible way to improve economic and employment opportunities in minority communities. In this authoritative collection of original essays, contributors evaluate current programs and their prospects for future success.Using case studies that consider communities of African-Americans, Latinos, Asian immigrants, and Native Americans, the book is organized around four broad topics. "The Context" explores the larger demographic, economic, social, and physical forces at work in the marginalization of minority communities. "Labor Market Development" discusses the factors that shape supply and demand and examines policies and strategies for workforce development. "Business Development" focuses on opportunities and obstacles for minority-owned businesses. "Complementary Strategies" probes the connections between varied economic development strategies, including the necessity of affordable housing and social services.Taken together, these essays offer a comprehensive primer for students as well as an informative overview for professionals.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Paul Ong is Director of the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the co-editor of The New Asian Immigration in Los Angeles and Global Restructuring (Temple). Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor and Chair of Urban Planning in the School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is co-author of Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form.

REVIEWS

"I really like this book. I think it fills a gap in the urban economics literature and it enriches the academic content of the field of community economic development.... All of the chapters are readable and accessible to a non-technical audience—there's no urban planning jargon. The research is timely and rigorous. Another strength is the representation of America's ethnic diversity within the book."—Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College

"This collection is both timely and important.... The variety of cities and ethnic/racial communities discussed in these readings suggests that the inherent pragmatics of effective community development demand a sensitivity to place and cultural context that is too often missing in the field."—David Bartelt, Temple University

TABLE OF CONTENTS

JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES

Chapter 1:    Introduction: Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities
Realities, Challenges, and Innovation (Ong, P. and Loukaitou-Sideris, A.)
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Part I:     The Context
Chapter 2:    Metropolitan Dispersion and Diversity: Implications for Community Economic Development (Blumenberg, E.)

Chapter 3:    Impacts of the New Social Policy Regime (Houston, D. and Ong, P.)

Chapter 4:    The Regional Nexus: The Promise and Risk of Community-Based Approaches to
        Metropolitan Equity (Pastor, M., Benner, C., and Matsuoka, M.)
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Part II:     Labor Market Development
Chapter 5:    Workforce Development in Minority Communities (Stoll, M.)

Chapter 6:    Employment Opportunities Beyond the 'hood: African American and Hispanic
    Applicants in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia (Zonta, M.)

Chapter 7:    Economic Development in Latino Communities: Incorporating Marginal and
Immigrant Workers (Valenzuela, A)
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Part III:     Business Development
Chapter 8:    The Role of Black-owned Businesses in Black Community Development
(Boston, T.)

Chapter 9:    New York City's Asian Immigrant Economies: Community Development Needs
        and Challenges (Hum, T.)

Chapter 10:    Indian Gaming as Community Economic Development (Jojola, T. and Ong, P.)

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Part IV:     Complementary Strategies
Chapter 11:    Social Networks and Social Capital: Latinos in Pico Union (Loukaitou-Sideris, A.
    and Hutchinson, J.)

Chapter 12:    Linking Housing to Community Economic Development with Community Benefits Agreements: The Case of the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice     (Leavitt, J.)

Chapter 13:    Synchronizing Social Services with Labor Market Participation: Implications for
Community Economic Development in Minority Neighborhoods (Takahashi, L)
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Chapter 14    Conclusion: Lessons for Community Economic Development (Loukaitou-Sideris,
A. and Ong, P.)

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