Vol. 14 No. 5/6 - Winter 1986

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Everybody's Business: A People's Guide to Economic Development

• Introduction: The Politics of Economic Development

  by John Bookser-Feister and Leah Wise

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• Development Worthy of the Name

  by Jonathan Sher

  4

• What is Economic Development?

  by Steve Fisher

  7

• The Goal is Democracy, Not Growth

  by Howard Stanback

  8

• A South Divided

  by Stuart Rosenfeld

  10

• Y'all Come Down!

  by James C. Cobb

  18

• Schools and Taxes: Making Industry Pay Its Way

  by Kristin Lyang Szakos

  24

• The Climate for Workers

  by Kenneth Johnson and Marylin Scurlock

  28

• Fishy Business

  by Michael Alexander

  32

• The Low Down on High Tech

  by Marc Miller

  35

• Questions About Tourism

  by Barbara Ellen Smith

  40

• Development Tools: Contrasting Approaches

  by MDC, Inc., Tom Schlesinger, and George Ogle

  42

• Greasing GM's Wheels

  by Carter Garber, Verna Fausey, and Paul Elwood

  45

• Exit Off Poverty Parkway

  by Glenda Conway

  48

• Own Your Own Job: The Center for Community Self-Help

  by Jim Overton

  52

• Relevant Education: Literacy at Work

  by Robert Shreefter and Wendy Luttrell

  56

• Relevant Education: Sharing Life's Glories

  by Richard A. Couto, Pat Sharkey, Paul Elwood, and Laura Green

  56

• Dreaming Again

  by Carolyn Caver

  62

• Home-Grown Agriculture: The Hightower Revolution in Texas

  by Susan DeMarco

  65

• Rechannel the Mainstream

  by Cynthia L. and William A. Duncan

  71

• Black Belt Organizing

  by Bob Hall

  76

• Getting Your Money's Worth: The Community Reinvestment Act

  by James Carras

  79

• Workers' Rights in the Heart of Dixie

  by Arlene Sanders

  83

• Kids Are Work

  by Deborah Warren

  86

• Faith, Trust, and Movement

  by Louis L. Knowles

  93

• Widening Your Circles

  95

• Lead Us Through the Valley

  by Marie Hurley Blair

  96

• Roll Up Your Sleeves and Listen

  by John Bookser-Feister

  101

• Local Congregations and Economic Development

  by Kim Zalent

  104

• Missionaries to the Workplace

  an interview with Martin Eakes

  106

• How to Research Your Local Economy

  by Tom Schlesinger

  108

• Readings on the Economy

  by Steve Fisher

  114

• You Can Change Economic Development: A How-To Guide

  by Carter Garber

  115

• Resource Groups: Getting Down to Business

  123

• New Books on the South

  125

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