'Job-centred economic development' integrates approaches from the fields of economic development, employment training, social services and community development. This collection of perspectives helps tie those approaches together into a guide for community development and local economic development professionals.

This work takes stock of the world of workforce intermediaries: entrepreneurial partnerships that include businesses, unions, community colleges and community organizations. Noted scholars and policy makers examine the development and effectiveness of these intermediaries.

This work looks at the politics of local and regional workforce development, specifically the ways politicians and others concerned with the workforce systems have helped or hindered that process. Contributors examine the current systems that are in place in various American cities.