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From: Center for Theory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Enid Arvidson
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:45 AM
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Subject: Conference on Local Economic Justice
THE HIGH ROAD RUNS THROUGH THE CITY: ADVOCATING FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/highroadrunsthroughthecity/
Sept. 27-28 2007 , Buffalo, NY
Sponsored by the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School,
the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, and Cornell University ILR.
Local government provides important opportunities and challenges for
efforts to address economic inequality. Living wage ordinances are
one example of the recent interest in using local policy to promote
more equitable economic development. However, such local
initiatives for economic justice frequently raise questions about the
relationship between local democratic governance and economic
policymaking. Many cities have failed to enforce their living wage
ordinances; many local economic policies are made outside of
democratic processes; local governments are often constrained by
"subsidy wars" encouraging a race to the bottom; and local politics
is often dominated by narrow interests. This conference brings
together scholars in a variety of disciplines with activists and
policymakers to explore the possibilities and challenges for
developing progressive economic policies in local government.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Journalist Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?
z=y&EAN=9780805076264&itm=1
PANELISTS INCLUDE:
*Peter Enrich, Northeastern University School of Law
*Susan Jones, George Washington University School of Law
*J. Phillip Thompson, III, MIT Urban Politics
*Annette Bernhardt, NYU Brennan Center for Justice
*Jen Kern, ACORN Living Wage Resource Center
*Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First
*Stewart Acuff, AFL-CIO
*Stephanie Luce, University of Massachusetts Labor Studies
*Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin.
PANEL TOPICS INCLUDE:
*Shadow Governments and Privatization
*New Frontiers for the Living Wage
*Subsidy Reform
*Building Lasting Institutions from Progressive Coalitions
*Green Cities
*Global Connections
For more information, please visit http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/
highroadrunsthroughthecity/ or contact Martha McCluskey, Professor of
Law and William J. Magavern Fellow, State University of New York at
Buffalo, [log in to unmask]
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