{"product_id":"equity-growth-and-community-chris-benner-9780520284418","title":"Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas","description":"A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. This book argues that lessons for addressing these national challenges are emerging from a new set of realities in America's metropolitan regions: first, that inequity is, in fact, bad for economic growth; second, that bringing together the concerns of equity and growth requires concerted local action; and, third, that the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse and dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities, which help to overcome political polarization and help regions address the challenges of economic restructuring and social divides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Benner, Manuel Pastor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520284410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520284418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Chris Benner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980992151807,"sku":"9780520284418","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c53c9548-523f-454b-bd73-51d8b49f442a.jpg?v=1683253066","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/equity-growth-and-community-chris-benner-9780520284418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}