Selected by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library University of California, Berkeley

• Date: 01 January 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12082
• Published date: 01 January 2015

Recent Publications

Selected by the Institute for Research on Labor and

Employment Library University of California, Berkeley

TERENCE K. HUWE, Dir ect or of L ibr ary & I nfo rma tio n Res our ces

JANICE KIMBALL, Library Assistant

Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization: Lessons from

Empowerment Zones. By Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 978-0-8014-7912-0. 280

pp. $26.95.

The authors chart the circuitous history of events that led to the creation of the original urban

Empowerment Zones (EZ; Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadel-

phia), each of which received a $100 million federal block grant. Each EZ also received

access to a variety of market-oriented policy tools to assist in developing 10-year strategic

plans to increase economic opportunity. Rich and Stoker find that the actual experience of

each metropolitan region was mixed, and assess why outcomes achieved by the original

zones varied so widely. They analyze 10 years’worth of field research in Atlanta and Balti-

more together with empirical analyses of EZ processes and outcomes in all six cities. The

quality of local governance emerges as a key determinant of effective revitalization out-

comes. Rich and Stoker conclude that effective local governance is the best foundation for

revitalization efforts, while poor local governance clearly has an adverse impact. This book

makes it clear that although policy design and contextual factors are important, the key to

successful urban revitalization rests clearly on leadership at the municipal level.

Consuming Work: Youth Labor in America. By Yasemin Besen-Cassino.

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2014. 978-1-43990-949-2.

202 pp. $25.95.

Besen-Cassino studies the changing consumption habits of young workers. She finds that

many American high school and college students choose to work for social reasons rather

than monetary gain. The demographics of this sector of the workforce turn out to be affluent,

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