Local Initiatives:: Alternative Path for Development
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Amid the economic gloom of the seventies, as most of us were lamenting the loss of economic growth and the seeming impotence of mainstream macro-economic policies to put things to rights, a little hope was kindled by some enterprising people in the shape of...
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Amid the economic gloom of the seventies, as most of us were lamenting the loss of economic growth and the seeming impotence of mainstream macro-economic policies to put things to rights, a little hope was kindled by some enterprising people in the shape of development initiatives undertaken at the local level. With the conviction growing that the small enterprise sector contributes the lion's share of new jobs, it was envisioned by many that several economic and social problems, unemployment foremost among them, could be significantly eased, if not solved, by including as an important component of economic development policy, the creation of vigorous and autonomous processes of local development. Local entrepreneurialism with a social conscience, serving local needs and utilising local resources, including local labour. Enough has been achieved in the last 10 years to firmly establish development by local initiative on the political agenda. The question whether it represents a viable policy hardly ever arises any more. The idea has achieved «currency». The question today is not «whether to» but «how to». Practical experience has revealed a number of barriers and pitfalls that inhibit local initiatives, particularly those with a strong social as opposed to a commercial orientation, in a system that is not tailored to their needs. The paradox is that local development owes its currency to the fact that it appeals to a variety of interest groups, but that same variety leads to disagreement over ways and means, and to controversy over what constitutes a successful result. The range of views and possibilities are amply illustrated in the papers presented at the Heerlen conference. What is it that makes for an active community? What are the dynamics of the entrepreneurialism that is capable of mobilising the human and material resources of a community within a process of development? Mainstream or marginal - what is the future for local development?
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Contents: Alan S. Sutton: Introduction - P.H. van Zeil: Conference Opening Speech - J. Reijnen: The role of Local Authorities in fostering Local Initiatives - James McEldowney/Peter Aitken: Small Firm and Local Employment Initiative Policies in the European Community: evolution and contribution - James Robertson: Work, Money and the Local Economy, Some Directions for the Future - Makis Potamianos: Fostering and Financing Local Initiatives in Greece - Michael A. Schwartz: Systematic Small Business Job Creation - A. Pais: The European Investment Bank as an Active Partner for Small and Mediumsized Business - George Burt: The Community Business: A Local Development Agency - Willie More/Andrew Howell: Community Enterprise - The Urban Reality - Brian Lowe: The Unit for the Development of Alternative Products, a Practical Approach to the Creation of Jobs - Jorge G.Z. Aznar: Regional Policy - Spanish Development - Gustavo De Santis/Anna Maria Ventrella: The ENI (Ente Nazionale Idrocarbuni) Experience in Industrial Diversification and Job Creation - Tom Young: Job Creation: The Experience of the British Steel Corporation - Donal A. Dineen: Workspace: Small Business Initiative with a Difference - Christopher J. Hull: Delivering Resources for Small-Firm Development: Local Intermediation as a Policy Strategy.
Autoren-Porträt
The Editor: Alan Sutton is a Visiting Fellow of the European Centre for Work and Society and a member of the Economics Faculty of the Rijksuniversiteit Limburg in Maastricht. As Manager of the Socio-Technical Systems Research Program at the British Columbia Research Council (1977-85) he worked principally in the fields of local economic development, community and regional planning, and the management of technological change. Before that, he persued similar themes at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 1999, 209 Seiten, Maße: 14,1 x 24,1 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Alan S. Sutton
- Verlag: Lang, Peter GmbH
- ISBN-10: 9070776146
- ISBN-13: 9789070776145
Sprache:
Englisch
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