The American Midwest: Managing Change in Rural Transition - Softcover

Walzer, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765611228 ISBN 13: 9780765611222

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls; overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led to strife in some communities. Using data from the 2000 Census, this collection examines the major demographic and employment trends in the rural Midwestern states with special attention to the issues that state and local policy makers must address in the near future. The contributors are well known experts in their fields, and in these original, previously unpublished materials they offer suggestions on how the Internet and other technological advances offer new opportunities for rural economies that local leaders can build on.

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Norman Walzer

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765611228
• ISBN 13: 9780765611222
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318