Subject(s): Economic policy -- Industrial promotion -- Local government\ -- United States. -- Location and space theories : Location theory, theories of regional development -- Space-based strategies : Applying theory to practice in rural economies, economic development of neighbourhoods and localities, ghetto economic development -- Labour and capital theories : labor force, education and work, theory and practice in high-tech economic development -- Political and social theories : Political economy and urban development, race and class in local economic development -- Organization and process : Citizenship and economic development, technology transfer and economic development, theories of entrepreneurship -- Theoretical perspectives : Constituting economic development, metaphors of economic development