PART ONE: LOCATION AND SPACE THEORIES
Location Theory - John P Blair and Robert Premus
Theories of Regional Development - Arthur C Nelson
PART TWO: SPACE-BASED STRATEGIES
Applying Theory to Practice in Rural Economies - Marie Howland
The Economic Development of Neighborhoods and Localities - Wim Wiewel, Michael Teitz and Robert Giloth
Ghetto Economic Development - William Woodbridge Goldsmith and Lewis A Randolph
PART THREE: LABOR AND CAPITAL THEORIES
Labor Force, Education, and Work - Joan Fitzgerald
Theory and Practice in High-Tech Economic Development - Harvey A Goldstein and Michael I Luger
PART FOUR: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THEORIES
Political Economy and Urban Development - C Scott Holupka and Anne B Shlay
Race and Class in Local Economic Development - John J Betancur and Douglas C Gills
PART FIVE: ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS
Citizenship and Economic Development - Elaine B Sharp and Michael G Bath
Technology Transfer and Economic Development - Julia Melkers, Daniel Bugler and Barry Bozeman
Theories of Entrepreneurship - Timothy Bates
PART SIX: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Constituting Economic Development - Robert A Beauregard
A Theoretical Perspective
Metaphors of Economic Development - Robert Mier and Richard D Bingham

Presenting state-of-the-art theoretical positions on important development issues such as the inner city, technological innovation and rebuilding economic infrastructure are explored in this volume. The contributors to this volume, drawn from various social science backgrounds, explore a variety of theories and examine them in relation to the practical actions of local economic development.