Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas

Chris Benner; Manuel Pastor

Open Access Published by University of California Press 2015

Equity, Growth, and Community

What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas

Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520960046

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In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. This book argues that lessons for addressing these national challenges are emerging from a new set of realities in America’s metropolitan regions: first, that inequity is, in fact, bad for economic growth; second, that bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and, third, that the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and help regions address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides.

Author / Editor information

Benner Chris :

Chris Benner is the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, Director of the Everett Program for Digital Tools for Social Innovation, and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research examines the relationships between technological change, regional development, and structures of economic opportunity, including regional labor markets and restructuring of work and employment. His most recent book, coauthored with Manuel Pastor, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Region. Other books include This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America, and Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley.

Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as Director of USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and Codirector of USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). His most recent book, coauthored with Chris Benner, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Region. He is also the coauthor of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future, and This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Can’t We All Just Get Along? Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Driving That Train: Can Closing the Gap Facilitate Sustained Growth? Open Access Download PDF	25
3. Where to Go, What to Ask: Selecting and Designing the Case Studies Open Access Download PDF	56
4. Parks and Recreation: Planning the Epistemic Community Open Access Download PDF	76
5. Business Knows Best: Elite-Driven Regional Stewardship Open Access Download PDF	100
6. Struggle and the City: Conflict-Informed Collaboration Open Access Download PDF	130
7. The Next Frontier: Collaboration in the New Economy Open Access Download PDF	161
8. Stepping Back: Theorizing Diverse and Dynamic Epistemic Communities Open Access Download PDF	189
9. Looking Forward: A Beloved (Epistemic) Community? Open Access Download PDF	215
Appendix A: Regional Rankings for Growth and Equity Open Access Download PDF	233
Appendix B: Data Sources and Methods for Regional Profiles Open Access Download PDF	244
Appendix C: Case-Study Interviews Open Access Download PDF	299
Notes Open Access Download PDF	304
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	314
Index Open Access Download PDF	336

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 364

eBook

Published: October 9, 2015
ISBN: 9780520960046