{"product_id":"equity-growth-and-community-what-the-nation-can-learn-from-americas-metro-areas-9780520284418","title":"Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas","description":"A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-515853\"\u003eChris Benner\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12087635\"\u003eManuel Pastor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520284418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520284410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC026030\"\u003eSociology | Urban\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS068000\"\u003eDevelopment | Economic Development\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Benner \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eJust Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America's Metropolitan Region\u003c\/i\u003e. Other books include \u003ci\u003eThis Could Be the Start of Something Big\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWork in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Pastor\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eJust Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America's Metropolitan Region\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eUncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThis Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44092875636911,"sku":"0520284410","price":31.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_8d946338-465c-4419-9048-0ec2ad699704.jpg?v=1719901019","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/equity-growth-and-community-what-the-nation-can-learn-from-americas-metro-areas-9780520284418","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}