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Why Grow Here
A collection of nine essays about Edmonton's diverse gardening history.
America Beyond Capitalism
"Be prepared for a mind-opening experience." -The Christian Century "Highly readable; excellent for students. . . . A tonic and eye-opener for anyone who wants a politics that works." -Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "America Beyond Capitalism comes at a critical time in our history-when we all know our system isn't working but we are not sure what can be done about it. This book takes us outside the confines of orthodox thinking, imagines a new way of living together, and then brings that vision back into reality with a set of eminently practical ideas that promise a truly democratic society." -Howard Zinn, author of A People's Hist...
The Local Dimension of Welfare-to-Work An International Survey
These proceedings describes these new approaches in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France and the Netherlands.
Targeting Employment Services
Annotation This book includes papers, comments, and panel discussions from a conference on the title topic held in Kalamazoo, MI on April 29 - May 1, 1999.
Voluntary Cleanup Programs and Redevelopment Potential: Lessons from Baltimore, Maryland: A Reprint From ¿Cityscape
In the U.S., policy has increasingly shifted toward economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. These policies include state Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs). This study focuses on 116 Baltimore properties that were enrolled and participated in the Maryland VCP from its inception in 1997 to the end of 2006 and examines what type of properties tend to participate in these programs, how these properties compare with other eligible but non-participating sites, and what the redevelopment potential of VCP properties and implications is toward open-space conversion. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development How to Assess What Works among Programmes and Policies
This book examines best practices in evaluating programmes for local and regional economic and employment development.
Labor Market Policies in Canada and Latin America: Challenges of the New Millennium
Canada and the countries of Latin America are in the midst of major changes and choices in the area of labor markets and related social policy. These decisions are likely to have profound consequences for the quality of life of workers throughout the hemisphere. Labor Market Policies in Canada and Latin America: Challenges of the New Millennium reviews the evidence of Canada and Latin America on three major labor policy instruments - unemployment insurance, minimum wages and training - and on the effects of the payroll taxes which are the main means of funding the unemployment insurance system and other components of social expenditure. This is the first study attempting an in-depth comparis...
Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers
The chapters in this book aim at offering a fresh review of the economic circumstances of disadvantaged segments of our Population, as well as providing a provocative but nuancedassessment of the effectiveness of various policies and practices geared to redress a number of issues affecting them. Examples of programs discussed include housing allowances that addressthe spatial mismatch between poor inner-city neighborhoods and areas with job growth, education retention programs and financial aid for older low-income students, employment andtraining programs for former welfare recipients, and labor market reentry programs for the hard-to-employ/ex-offenders in distressed communities. This diversity of programs reflects thevariety of challenges and varying issues that vulnerable populations and communities confront; it also reflects the many creative ways of approaching these problems.
