Entrepreneurial Governance in the Neoliberal Era: Local Government and the Automotive Industry

ISBN-13: 9780367620226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 174 str.

Oliver Cowart

Opis

Through a study of the construction of automotive assembly plants during the neoliberal era, this book examines the shift towards entrepreneurial local governance in the U.S, analysing the incentivization of private investment and the reorientation of local governments towards assisting with the management of transnational capital flows.

Spis treści

1. Introduction, Context, Cases  2. Theorizing Local Development Strategies  3. Patterns in the Industry – Patterns in Location  4. The Industrial Recruitment of Automotive Assembly Plants in the South  5. The Business of Partnerships  6. The Political and Economic in Partnership  7. Axiomatic? A Weird, Blurred Line  Appendix 1: Greenfield Plant Locations and Incentives Packages Detail  Appendix 2: Sample of Interview Prompts

O autorze

Oliver Cowart is a former assistant professor of sociology at Paine College, U.S.A.