Development Analysis Confronts Politics: Industrial Policy On Minnesota's Iron Range
- 30 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the American Planning Association
- Vol. 52 (3) , 290-298
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01944368608976435
Abstract
Proponents of national industrial policy assume that analysis will be used in formulating solutions to economic development problems. This research suggests, however, that economic development analysis is not likely to be used in policymaking. Industrial policy for Minnesota's Iron Range was not based on economic development analysis, and political considerations have determined policy directions for the region. As a result, efforts to diversify the regional economy suffer from important weaknesses that set the program up for failure. The Minnesota experience suggests that other states should organize industrial policy efforts differently in order to make the use of economic development analysis more likely.Keywords
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