A Closer Look at "Local Control": Communities, Commodities, and the Collapse of the Coast.

Gramling, Robert; Freudenburg, William R.

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Closer Look at "Local Control": Communities, Commodities, and the Collapse of the Coast.

Gramling, Robert; Freudenburg, William R.

Rural Sociology, v55 n4 p541-58 Win 1990

External boom-bust forces may be so great as to overwhelm even well-prepared communities. In two oil-dependent coastal Louisiana parishes, over 90 percent of variation in total employment, 1970-88, was explained by commodity-related variables completely outside local community control. Contains 53 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Community Change, Community Planning, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana

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