Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human Ecology, Growth Coalitions, and Local State Autonomy--The Case of Enterprise Zones

这是一个奖项下的赠款为改善博士论文研究计划。 这是一项对企业区的研究，重点是人类生态，增长联盟和地方自治。 企业区是经济和社会萧条的地区，已被政府机构指定为振兴地区。 向希望在这些区域投资的企业提供减税等特别激励措施。 在本研究中，多重比较使用人口普查和电话调查数据将衡量各种生态因子的区域有效性网络。 对五个研究地点的区域指定和推广过程的审查将提供有关区域所涉代理人的信息，这些代理人为建立区域进行游说，谁对其成功或失败负责。 由于农村和城市地区在发展方式上存在明显差异，因此将对这两种背景下的地区进行比较。 %%% 本研究将有助于经济社会学、政治社会学和社区社会学的分支学科，并将提供信息，以帮助指导政策制定者考虑企业区机制作为促进贫困地区经济增长的手段。 除了通过研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将在物质上帮助一位非常有前途的学生完成博士研究。论文 因此，它有助于国家未来的科学人才和下一代社会科学家的全面培训。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research Program. It is a study of enterprise zones with an emphasis on human ecology, growth coalitions and local state autonomy. Enterprise zones are economically and socially depressed areas that have been designated by a government agency for revitalization. Special incentives, such as tax cuts, are offered to businesses that wish to invest in the zones. In this research, multiple comparisons using census and telephone survey data will measure zone effectiveness net of various ecological factors. Examination of the zone designation and promotion process in five study sites will provide information on the agents involved in the zone, who lobbied for establishment of the zone, and who is responsible for its success or failure. Because there is a noted difference between rural and urban places in how they develop, comparisons between zones found in these two contexts will be made. %%% This research will contribute to the subdisciplines of economic sociology, political sociology, and community sociology, and it will provide information to help guide policy makers considering the enterprise zone mechanism as a means for promoting economic growth in depressed areas. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.