Growth Ideology in a Period of Decline

Deindustrialization and Restructuring, Flint Style

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2484785
AutoresGeorge F Lord (University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia), Albert C Price (University of Michigan)
Año1992
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas155-169
Fecha de publicación1992-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3097035
OpenAlexW2066490622
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas20

This paper examines the ideology of growth in the context of local economic development activities in Flint, Michigan. The literature on urban political economies, which suggests that local communities can be best understood as “growth machines” directed by a “growth ideology,” is examined first. Then, Flint's growth ideology amid deindustrialization is explored through a case study of local economic development that pursued a costly and failed strategy based on tourism and tax abatement/infrastructure improvements. Finally, scrutiny is brought to bear on the most recent suggestion that a centralized planning process mil lead to an economic renewal in Flint; the conclusion is drawn that local growth ideology constrains the thinking of economic development decision-makers. This ideological constraint inhibits consideration of progressive economic planning aimed at sustainable economic development strategies

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Deindustrialization · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ideology · Keynesian economics · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Style (visual arts) · Economic Theory and Policy · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Economy and Marxism · Urban Planning and Governance