Social Justice and Local Development Policy

• Author(s): Robert Mier,
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Pages: 219
• ISBN_10: 0803949472
  ISBN_13: 9780803949478
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Development / General , Political Science / General , Social Science / Activism & Social Justice ,

Description:... The inside story of the Chicago Development Plan has been described as `the most aggressive model thus far... for running a city for the benefit of its people'. In this book, Robert Mier, the chief architect and manager of Chicago's development agenda, makes a valuable contribution to the debate on local approaches to economic regeneration proving that the Chicago experience provides important lessons for all cities.