ILRLR 3071

Governing Economic Development: The U.S. Experience

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Surveys the history of U.S. economic development from the perspective of the governance structures created to organize and control economic activity, emphasizing the changing regulatory roles of public and private institutions. Course work covers successive periods of economic development: a comparison of the liberal governance regimes established in the 19th century with the progressive regimes created in the 20th century is followed by an investigation of the post-1970s contest between "neoliberal" and "neoprogressive" forms of economic regulation.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

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