Community Economics-89-1*

Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice 2nd Edition by Ron Shaffer, Steve Deller, Dave Marcouiller (Blackwell Publishers) This complete revision of Dr. Shaffer's classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The text also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals. The main body of economic research and literature has neglected the economics of smaller communities. Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice fills that information void. This text serves as a comprehensive guide on smaller, open economies and urban neighborhoods for economists, regional planners, rural sociologists, and geographers. Additionally, Community Economics is an issue-oriented handbook of development strategies for development practitioners, planning and zoning officials, and others involved in the day-to-day activities of community economic development. Ron Shaffer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Shaffer is also a community development economist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Steve Deller is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Deller also holds joint appointments in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, the Center for Community Economic Development, and the Center for Local Government and is a community development economist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. , Dave Marcouiller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Marcouiller also holds joint appointments in the Department of Forest Ecology and Management, the Institute of Environmental Studies, and the Center for Community Economic Development and serves as a resource economist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension.