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Abstract: This collaborative thesis is presented in two parts. Co-authored by Ian Adelman and Emily Earle, Part I introduces the challenges facing the field of community economic development including limited organizational and theoretical alternatives and the constraints of a neoliberal economic context. These challenges are then considered within a multidimensional framework to understand and di... read morefferentiate between approaches to community economic development. We find that fully transformative community economic development is rare, yet many approaches have transformative dimensions. A possible way forward is to use this framework to strategically align multiple approaches that in sum may lead to a more transformative community economic development. Authored by Ian Adelman, Part II examines food-based, anchor institution approaches to community economic development including worker, procurement focused and new business development focused approaches. These approaches are considered in comparison to one another and within the multidimensional framework presented in Part I.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
Advisor: Penn Loh.
Committee: Julian Agyeman.
Keyword: Urban planning.read less
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