# Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City

An unidentified location in Boston's West End neighborhood during a controversial urban-renewal project in 1959. (Image courtesy of Boston City Archives on flickr. License: CC BY.)

### Instructor(s)

Dr. Karilyn Crockett

### MIT Course Number

11.S945

### As Taught In

Spring 2019

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

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- Assignments (no examples)

## Course Description

This course explores equity as a key value, measure, and framework for operationalizing local economic development plans and policies. It examines the implementation of local policy initiatives for equity in U.S. cities and investigates a wide range of contemporary theory and practice in the field of urban economic development, from contracting and municipal procurement to arts and culture-driven approaches.

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Karilyn Crockett. 11.S945 Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City. Spring 2019. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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