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- A Way Forward: Building a Globally Competitive South
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
In the last half century, North Carolina and the South have experienced rapid economic growth. Much of the best analysis of this progress came from two North Carolina-based research organizations: the Southern Growth Policies Board and MDC (originally a project of the North Carolina Fund). Their 1986 reports are two of the best assessments of the achievements and limitations of the so-called Sunbelt boom.
On November 17, 2011, the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University co-hosted a public discussion to build on these classic reports and to offer fresh analyses of the current challenges facing the region. A Way Forward, which issued from this effort, features more than thirty original essays containing recommendations and strategies for building and sustaining a globally competitive South.
On November 17, 2011, the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University co-hosted a public discussion to build on these classic reports and to offer fresh analyses of the current challenges facing the region. A Way Forward, which issued from this effort, features more than thirty original essays containing recommendations and strategies for building and sustaining a globally competitive South.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. 7
- Introduction: Lessons from the Past and A Way Forward
- Defining the South
- p. 10
- 1. The South and 20th-century Economic History
- 2. 25 Years Later: Revisiting Halfway Home and Shadows in the Sunbelt 1986–2011
- 3. Providing a Nationally Competitive Education for All Students
- Assessing Progress: Almost Home?
- pp. 57-65
- 4. Preparing a Flexible, Globally Competitive Workforce
- 5. Public Universities in a New Economic Era
- The Relevant University
- pp. 83-88
- 6. Increasing the Economic Development Role of Higher Education
- 7. Increasing the South’s Capacity to Innovate and Implement New Economic Development Strategies
- Southern Regional Innovation Strategies
- pp. 115-119
- Infrastructure, Southern Style
- pp. 128-129
- 8. Urban, Rural, and Green
- The New Metro American South
- pp. 131-134
- The Future of the Green South
- pp. 140-146
- 9. Work, the Safety Net, and Faith
- 10. A Changing Southern Demography
- Generation Z and North Carolina’s Future
- pp. 165-167
- 11. Southern Politics and Policy: Then, Now, and Tomorrow
- Southern Poverty, Southern Politics
- pp. 185-187
- 12. Visions for the Future of the South
- Conclusion
- The Future of the South and A Way Forward
- pp. 209-211
- About the Authors
- pp. 212-214
- Photo Credits
- p. 215
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469602424
Related ISBN(s)
9780807872895, 9780807873359
MARC Record
OCLC
835769271
Pages
220
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No