Evaluating The Nature Of The Relationship Between Informal Entrepreneurship And The Formal Economy In Rural Communities, 2010 University of Sheffield
Evaluating The Nature Of The Relationship Between Informal Entrepreneurship And The Formal Economy In Rural Communities, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
This paper evaluates critically the different theorizations of the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy, which variously depict informal entrepreneurship as a leftover from a previous era, a survival practice for those excluded from the formal economy, and a complement or an alternative to participation in the formal economy. Reporting evidence from 350 face-to-face interviews in English rural communities, no single theorization is found to be universally applicable. Instead, all are shown to be valid in relation to different forms of informal entrepreneurship, and only by combining them is it feasible to achieve a finer-grained, …
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, 2010 University of Sheffield
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative to capitalism. Building upon an emerging body of post-structuralist thought that has begun deconstructing this discourse in relation to western economies and post-Soviet societies, this paper further extends this critique to Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating the degree to which people in the Gambia rely on the capitalist market economy for their livelihood. Reporting the results of 80 household face-to-face interviews (involving over 500 people), the finding is that only a small minority of households in contemporary Gambian society rely on the formal market economy alone …
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, 2010 University of Sheffield
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the hegemony of capitalism by revealing the persistence of multifarious economic practices in everyday community economies. To further advance this school of thought, first, a conceptual framework is developed to map the diverse economic practices used by communities and second, this is applied through a survey of 600 households in Ukraine. The outcome is to reveal that just as multifarious economic practices prevailed under state socialism, the same applies in societies in transition to capitalism, suggesting that there are alternative futures for community economies beyond market …
Women Entrepreneurs In The Indian Informal Sector, 2010 University of Sheffield
Women Entrepreneurs In The Indian Informal Sector, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised populations engaged in low-quality work, or through a neo-liberal lens, as engaged in relatively higher quality endeavour more as a rational choice. The aim of this paper is to evaluate critically these explanations in relation to women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in India. Design/methodology/approach – To evaluate the contrasting explanations of structuralist and new liberal approaches, questionnaire surveys were conducted in two phases, namely 2007 and 2010, over a period of several months. The sample design was stratified random and the sample was taken …
Strengthening Greater Manchester's Economic Base Through Science, Innovation And Research And Development: Report Of Panel, 2010 Selected Works
Strengthening Greater Manchester's Economic Base Through Science, Innovation And Research And Development: Report Of Panel, Manchester Developmental Panel
Martin Wain
This report offers the findings and conclusions of the Developmental Panel, which visited Greater Manchester at the invitation of the Commission for the New Economy and the Northern Way. The Panel’s goal was to inform thinking about how Greater Manchester can strengthen its economic base through science, innovation, and research and development in a context of economic and structural change. The Panel visited Manchester on February 23rd and 24th, 2011, meeting with representatives of public, private, university, community and other organisations engaged in innovation, business, and economic development in Greater Manchester. The Panel is grateful for the time and co-operation …
Estimates Of Population Age Groups (Ages Under 18 Yrs., 18-64 Yrs., And 65 Yrs. And Over) For Oregon And Its Counties, July 1, 2010, 2010 Portland State University
Estimates Of Population Age Groups (Ages Under 18 Yrs., 18-64 Yrs., And 65 Yrs. And Over) For Oregon And Its Counties, July 1, 2010, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Risa Proehl
Oregon Population Estimates and Reports
Estimates of population age groups for Oregon and its counties.
Reina Del Camino, 2010 FLACSO, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Ecuador
Reina Del Camino, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.
Fernando Carrión Mena
El 24 de diciembre pasado se produjo uno de los tantos accidentes viales que ocurren en las carreteras del país; con un saldo francamente doloroso: 38 personas fallecidas y 32 lesionadas, de los 83 pasajeros que llevaba el bus número 57 de la Cooperativa Reina del Camino. En este accidente se han encontrado muchas anormalidades, como son: problemas mecánicos en los frenos y en la caja de cambios, superabundancia de pasajeros, exceso de velocidad, chofer sin licencia de conducir y distinto al que fue autorizado a la salida de la terminal de Quito y carencia de controles en los 300 …
The Uno Department Of Planning And Urban Studies Was Included In The New Orleans City Business Story “Uno Students Complete Homeownership Program Study.”, 2010 University of New Orleans
The Uno Department Of Planning And Urban Studies Was Included In The New Orleans City Business Story “Uno Students Complete Homeownership Program Study.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Populismo Pen, 2010 FLACSO, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Ecuador
Populismo Pen, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.
Fernando Carrión Mena
La violencia crece exponencialmente según las encuestas de victimización y las denuncias hechas por la población, al extremo que la mayoría de los habitantes se consideran víctimas. Una situación como la descrita tiende a modificar el peso relativo de la relación entre técnicos, políticos y ciudadanía en la determinación de las políticas de seguridad ciudadana. Poco a poco los primeros son relegados, los segundos “representan” a la ciudadanía y los terceros asumen un rol cada vez más protagónico. Por eso el oficialismo y la oposición se disputan la oferta de “mano dura”, más como búsqueda de legitimidad política que como …
Nhs Home Ownership, 2006-2010, 2010 University of New Orleans
Nhs Home Ownership, 2006-2010, Department Of Planning And Urban Studies, University Of New Orleans
Planning and Urban Studies Reports and Presentations
Supporting and developing first-time homeownership is one of the key strategies being undertaken by public and private entities to spur post-Katrina housing recovery in New Orleans, LA. Homeownership counseling and education combined with millions of dollars of subsidies, usually in the forms of down payment assistance and soft-second mortgages, have helped hundreds of families attain homeownership. While these programs are clearly making a difference to these families and positively impacting the regional economy, little research has been done into the details of these effects.
This study represents one of the first robust examinations of where and how these first-time homebuyers …
Nhs Homeownership 2006-2010. Neighborhood Housing Services Of New Orleans: Homeownership Program Study, 2010 University of New Orleans
Nhs Homeownership 2006-2010. Neighborhood Housing Services Of New Orleans: Homeownership Program Study, Michelle M. Thompson
Planning and Urban Studies Reports and Presentations
The Homeowner Impact Study was undertaken by the students of the MURP 4081/G “Information Technology for the Planning Profession” course led by Dr. Michelle Thompson in order to evaluate both the condition of houses that were purchased by Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) Homeownership program participants and the economic impact of this affordable housing within the New Orleans, LA market. The goal of the NHS program is to revive and rejuvenate the city of New Orleans by increasing homeownership and to identify vacant and substandard properties for targeted revitalization. The students of this geographic information sciences class are contributing to this …
Ua3/4/2 President's Office-Downing Construction File, 2010 Western Kentucky University
Ua3/4/2 President's Office-Downing Construction File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding the planning, construction and maintenance of buildings on the WKU campus. Downing held several positions at WKU before becoming president. Some of these records date to that earlier period.
Ua1b3/1 Campus Master Plan Committee, 2010 Western Kentucky University
Ua1b3/1 Campus Master Plan Committee, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Unprocessed records created by and about the Campus Master Plan Committee.
La Informalidad Urbana. Una Realidad Cambiante, 2010 FLACSO, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Ecuador
La Informalidad Urbana. Una Realidad Cambiante, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.
Fernando Carrión Mena
Presentación desarrollada en el marco de la mesa redonda "Mitigar la informalidad: alternativas preventivas de políticas de suelo en Ecuador" del Curso de Desarrollo Profesional sobre Mercados Informales de Suelo y Regularización de Asentamientos en América Latina, organizado por FLACSO Ecuador, Lincoln Institute, UCSG y MIDUVI. Guayaquil, 5-10 de diciembre de 2010
Coordinating Code In Virginia’S Historic Districts, 2010 Virginia Commonwealth University
Coordinating Code In Virginia’S Historic Districts, Drew Gruber
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores the evolution and limitations of regulatory and historic district overlay zones and the inherent conflicts between the two as applied in Virginia. Historic district overlay zoning and the establishment of local historic districts and design review boards has developed in response to the failures of traditional zoning techniques to adequately protect the architectural character of Virginia’s historic urban landscapes. After almost fifty years of practice and improvement in the fields of urban planning and historic preservation, synchronizing regulatory and historic district overlay zones still presents difficulties for municipal administrators. Several Virginia jurisdictions are highlighted in the thesis …
George Yudice, Entrevista Por Rossana Reguillo, 2010 University of Miami
George Yudice, Entrevista Por Rossana Reguillo, George Yudice
George Yúdice
No abstract provided.
La Fiesta Quiteña, 2010 FLACSO, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Ecuador
La Fiesta Quiteña, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.
Fernando Carrión Mena
Las fiestas de Quito tienen alrededor de 60 años de vida. Nacieron del impulso del Diario Últimas Noticias, una licorera nacional y los empresarios taurinos españoles, todos vinculados con una propuesta de hispanidad que tiene su punto central en la fundación española de la urbe. De aquella época para acá muchos cambios se han producido.
La fiesta nació en el barrio aristocrático de La Mariscal Sucre (Parque Gabriela Mistral) y rápidamente se extendió por todos los barios de la ciudad, para convertirse en un festejo masivo de la ciudad y también diferenciado socialmente, según el carácter de los espacios: los …
Administration Without Borders, 2010 Montclair State University
Administration Without Borders, Jonathan G.S. Koppell
Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell
To thrive in 2020, we must conceive of the field of public administration in the broadest possible terms. Phenomena that typically have been treated peripherally in our literature are emerging center stage in recent years, confirming that the “old” boundaries of our discipline do not reflect contemporary reality. After reviewing three key developments—the rise of mixed and nongovernmental institutions in public policy, the increasing importance of market mechanisms, and the assertion of meaningful global regulation—an argument is made for a broader reconception of “publicness” that goes hand in hand with the embrace of governance in lieu of administration.
Fairmount Greenway - A Community Initative, 2010 University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Fairmount Greenway - A Community Initative, Leah H. Bamberger, Liliana Carvajal, Mary F. Dehais, Yuanfang Gong, John E. Hulsey, Eric C. Kells, Kimberley Klosterman, Pamela Jo Landi, Adam G. Monroy, Seth A. Morrow, Bryan O'Bara, Jie Su, Arianna Thompson, Owen M. White
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Studio and Student Research and Creative Activity
This studio was based on the Fairmount Greenway that was developed through a series of public meetings with the neighborhood community and with consultants from the firm Crosby, Schlessinger and Smallridge (CSS). The Fairmount Greenway, while drawing its identity from the traditional greenway model is in fact a reinterpretation of an urban greenway. The greenway path follows along both primary and secondary city streets because of the lack of space along the rail right-of-way. The Fairmount Greenway begins at what will be a new station stop at New Market South Bay near Upham’s Corner in northern Dorchester. The greenway follows …
Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, 2010 University of Southern Maine, Society for American City and Regional Planning History
Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, John F. Bauman
Maine History
Shepherded through Congress by Maine Senator Edmund Muskie, the 1967 Model (or Demonstration) Cities Program was originally intended for the nation’s large, ghetto-ridden metropolises where it would target a host of social and economic programs including housing. Thanks to Senator Muskie, both Portland and Lewiston benefited. Before the Nixon Administration scuttled the program in 1973, Portland had created a host of innovative housing, social welfare, law enforcement, and educational programs, shifting the city’s urban renewal program away from its strict emphasis on brick-and-mortar planning. Portland was unique in making Model Cities a part of its downtown renewal. Energizing the city’s …