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Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From Americas Metro Areas
Author: Chris Benner
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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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 Americas 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. **From the Inside Flap As America bolts toward a more multiracial future in the face of skyrocketing inequality, local leaders are desperately seeking strategies to foster more inclusive growth. Chris Benner and Manuel Pastors research uncovers a critical ingredient of success diverse regional leaders coming together to build a foundation of shared knowledge and advance positive change.Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink This book, the latest fruit of a highly productive collaboration between two first-rate thinkers, is both immensely wise and highly practicala must-read. Benner and Pastor blow apart simplistic ideas about collaborative problem-solvingwhich tend to stop at reframing or the magic of dialogueto show how the locally driven process of generating shared knowledge, risk-taking and even productive conflict can generate real progress on the most urgent challenges our country and our communities face.Xavier de Souza Briggs, author of Democracy as Problem Solving Civic Capacity in Communities across the Globe About the Author 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 Americas 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 USCs Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and Codirector of USCs Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). His most recent book, coauthored with Chris Benner, is Just Growth Inclusion and Prosperity in Americas Metropolitan Region. He is also the coauthor of Uncommon Common Ground Race and Americas Future, and This Could Be the Start of Something Big How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America.
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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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 Americas 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. **From the Inside Flap As America bolts toward a more multiracial future in the face of skyrocketing inequality, local leaders are desperately seeking strategies to foster more inclusive growth. Chris Benner and Manuel Pastors research uncovers a critical ingredient of success diverse regional leaders coming together to build a foundation of shared knowledge and advance positive change.Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink This book, the latest fruit of a highly productive collaboration between two first-rate thinkers, is both immensely wise and highly practicala must-read. Benner and Pastor blow apart simplistic ideas about collaborative problem-solvingwhich tend to stop at reframing or the magic of dialogueto show how the locally driven process of generating shared knowledge, risk-taking and even productive conflict can generate real progress on the most urgent challenges our country and our communities face.Xavier de Souza Briggs, author of Democracy as Problem Solving Civic Capacity in Communities across the Globe About the Author 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 Americas 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 USCs Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and Codirector of USCs Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). His most recent book, coauthored with Chris Benner, is Just Growth Inclusion and Prosperity in Americas Metropolitan Region. He is also the coauthor of Uncommon Common Ground Race and Americas Future, and This Could Be the Start of Something Big How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America.
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