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The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City
The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City Author:Nicholas Deakin, John Edwards The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City evaluates the effectiveness of the city's reliance on private enterprise rather than central and local government. By examining four case studies--two urban development corporations, one local government-private sector, and one purely private development--the authors make detailed analyses of job creatio... more »n, ``leverage,'' impact on local residents and the ``trickle effect'' from enterprise to the urban poor.A work of independent scholarship rather than funded research, this study offers a vigorous and independent critical investigation of government policy. By taking into account the result of the 1992 general election and the implications of the Olympia & York Canary Wharf project, the authors present a tenable prediction for the future of the inner city.« less