Rural Community Economic Development

NORMAN WALZER is Professor of Economics and Director of the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. He is the co-editor of six books, including Financing Economic Development in the 1980s (with David Chicoine) and Financing Rural Health Care (with Lavonne Straub), both published by Praeger.

• PrefaceGrowth and Change in Rural America: The Experience of the 1980s and Prospects for the 1990s by Sara Mills Mazie and Molly Sizer KillianTransitions in Rural Areas of the Midwest and Nation by Andrew J. SofrankoCommercial Agriculture in Rural Economic Development by David A. LinsPatterns of Employment Growth in Midwestern Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties by Bruce D. Phillips and James P. MillerEconomic Change and the Local Public Sector by Norman Walzer and Steve DellerEducation and Rural Development: Lessons for the Rural Midwest by John B. CrihfieldLocal Economic Development: Perceptions and Actions of Small City Officials in Illinois by Norman Walzer and John GruidlDeveloping Leadership to Address Rural Problems by Ronald J. HusteddeState and Federal Policy Initiatives in Rural Development by Tom UnruhLocal Economic Development Projects: Key Factors by Jan and Cornelia FloraRural America in the 1990s: A Tale of Two Cities by Mark DrabenstottBibliographyIndex