Frank D Beck
Biographic Data
| ID | 257604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank D Beck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank D |
| FAMILY NAME | Beck |
| SIGNATURE | BECK F D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rural Communities: Legacy and Change , by Cornelia Butler Flora and Jan L. Flora with Susan Fey
Sociology through Active Learning: Student Exercises
Do State-Designated Enterprise Zones Promote Economic Growth
In light of the economic stresses faced by many urban and rural places in the 1970s and 1980s, many communities began actively promoting local economic growth. Subsequently, sociologists became interested in the effectiveness of such efforts. In particular, they wanted to know whether places can purposefully alter their economies, or whether ecological and other factors commonly associated with growth are more powerful. State-designated enterpris…
Introduction to the Special Section, 'Struggles in Building Community
The Effect of Absentee Ownership on Local Employment Change
To determine whether absentee-owned firms destabilize local economies, we examine the relationship between absentee ownership of manufacturing companies and employment change in manufacturing for 109 Pennsylvania towns. This issue arises because some earlier studies find that corporate connections through absentee-owned firms are positively related to local employment growth, whereas other work claims that locally owned operations are more stable…
Does Economic Growth Benefit the Masses? Growth, Dependence, and Welfare in the Third World
Does Economic Growth Benefit the Masses? Growth, Dependence, and Welfare in the Third World
Introduction to the Special Section, 'Struggles in Building Community
Do State-Designated Enterprise Zones Promote Economic Growth
In light of the economic stresses faced by many urban and rural places in the 1970s and 1980s, many communities began actively promoting local economic growth. Subsequently, sociologists became interested in the effectiveness of such efforts. In particular, they wanted to know whether places can purposefully alter their economies, or whether ecological and other factors commonly associated with growth are more powerful. State-designated enterpris…
Rural Communities: Legacy and Change , by Cornelia Butler Flora and Jan L. Flora with Susan Fey
The Effect of Absentee Ownership on Local Employment Change
To determine whether absentee-owned firms destabilize local economies, we examine the relationship between absentee ownership of manufacturing companies and employment change in manufacturing for 109 Pennsylvania towns. This issue arises because some earlier studies find that corporate connections through absentee-owned firms are positively related to local employment growth, whereas other work claims that locally owned operations are more stable…
Does Economic Growth Benefit the Masses? Growth, Dependence, and Welfare in the Third World
The Effect of Absentee Ownership on Local Employment Change
To determine whether absentee-owned firms destabilize local economies, we examine the relationship between absentee ownership of manufacturing companies and employment change in manufacturing for 109 Pennsylvania towns. This issue arises because some earlier studies find that corporate connections through absentee-owned firms are positively related to local employment growth, whereas other work claims that locally owned operations are more stable…
Sociology through Active Learning: Student Exercises
Do State-Designated Enterprise Zones Promote Economic Growth
In light of the economic stresses faced by many urban and rural places in the 1970s and 1980s, many communities began actively promoting local economic growth. Subsequently, sociologists became interested in the effectiveness of such efforts. In particular, they wanted to know whether places can purposefully alter their economies, or whether ecological and other factors commonly associated with growth are more powerful. State-designated enterpris…
Introduction to the Special Section, 'Struggles in Building Community
Rural Communities: Legacy and Change , by Cornelia Butler Flora and Jan L. Flora with Susan Fey
Economics (4 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)