Workforce Development Networks Community-Based Organizations and Regional Allianc

This book explores how labour markets are changing - jobs are being created but they pay less and job security is declining, as is the payoff for experience and seniority. The authors discuss training, private-public partnerships, job searching and community development corporations (CDCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) as social agents. They also take the reader through numerous case studies, using examples from across the United States. They conclude with their recommendations for better design, promotion and evaluation of community-based workforce development networks.

Bennett Harrison is Professor of Urban Political Economy in the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School for Social Research in New York City Marcus Weiss is President of the Economic Development Assistance Consortium, a consulting firm in Boston, Massachusetts