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Direct linkRuef, Martin; Patterson, Kelly – Social Forces, 2009
Under conditions of uncertainty, we predict that development will be tied to the idiosyncrasy of organizational forms represented within local regions. Our investigation applies this theory to data on 342 counties and 43,352 businesses in the U.S. South during Reconstruction, finding support for the thesis that organizational idiosyncrasy…
Descriptors: United States History, Community Development, Business, Counties
Gotham, Kevin Fox; Greenberg, Miriam – Social Forces, 2008
This article examines the process of post-disaster recovery and rebuilding in New York City since 9/11 and in New Orleans since the Hurricane Katrina disaster (8/29). As destabilizing events, 9/11 and 8/29 forced a rethinking of the major categories, concepts and theories that long dominated disaster research. We analyze the form, trajectory and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Block Grants, Natural Disasters, Financial Support
