Document Type
Research Progress Report
Publisher
University of Montana Rural Institute
Publication Date
4-2001
Disciplines
Economics | Labor Economics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Across America, rural communities are looking for vibrant and stable local economies that will allow them to preserve the best qualities of their rural life in the face of rapid and relentless global economic change. The impacts of economic decline in rural America over the last two decades have been worsened by multiplier effects. Lost income has led to lost purchasing power, which has led to business closures; population loss has followed, resulting in downsizing of schools and hospitals and ultimately, in disintegration of communities themselves (Magdoff 1993; The Futurist, 1989).
Keywords
employment and vocational rehabilitation, economic development, worker cooperatives, rural, disability
Granting Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Cooperative Agreement Number RBS-99-17, with additional support from The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research HB33. The Contents of this progress report do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Agriculture, nor should readers assume endorsement by the federal government.
Project Number
DoA: RBS-99-17; NIDRR: HB33
Recommended Citation
Sperry, Charles; Brusin, Joyce; Seekins, Tom Ph.D.; and Rural Institute, University of Montana, "Rural Economic Development: Worker Cooperatives and Employment of People With Disabilities Part One" (2001). Employment. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_employment/3