Abstract
Humane economics, democratic economic participation, and democratic economic control are words not often combined and terms rarely used by traditional economic developers and urban planners, especially when addressing inner-city redevelopment. Most often, discussions about economic development and the elimination of poverty focus on job creation, workforce development, and access to job opportunities - promoting the corporate model of growth and fortifying big business's penetration into and control of community economics. Income receives a bit of attention, in the peripheral discussions about "living wages' or family-supporting wages and "good" jobs. However, concepts such as a guaranteed income or payment for the social reproduction responsibilities mostly shouldered by women (paid household or "women's work") are accorded little if any credibility. Moreover, control over income, especially for women, is not a part of the mainstream vocabulary.
Recommended Citation
Gordon-Nembhard, Jessica
(2000)
"Democratic Economic Participation and Humane Urban Development,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 12:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol12/iss1/6
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