Bootstrap Dreams : : U.S. Microenterprise Development in an Era of Welfare Reform / / Nancy Jurik.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Jurik, Nancy,
• MitwirkendeR: Cowgill, Julie,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.) :; 25 tables, 1 chart/graph
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 1: THE INTERNATIONAL ROOTS OF MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT --; CHAPTER 2: THE EMERGENCE OF U.S. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT --; CHAPTER 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAMS --; CHAPTER 4: FORMING A MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAM: CASE STUDY PART I --; CHAPTER 5: MATURATION OF A MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAM: CASE STUDY PART II --; CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION: MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT, CONTRADICTION, AND PRACTICE --; NOTES --; REFERENCES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501731372; 9783110536157
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501731372
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nancy Jurik.

Declines in real wages, increases in the number of poor families, and cutbacks to welfare and other safety-net programs have stimulated the popularity of microenterprise development programs (MDPs). These programs typically offer training and loans to individuals seeking to operate very small businesses. MDPs are often presented as a path to the self-sufficiency that comes with entrepreneurship and as an example of the success of market-based alternatives to government programs. In Bootstrap Dreams, Nancy C. Jurik analyzes the origins and maturation of these programs in the United States.Based on a national sample of fifty programs and an eight-year case study of one in particular, this is a rare book about microenterprise development. Jurik understands the positive social mission of MDPs, but she is not blind to the problems that they encounter. Jurik's clear perception of potential difficulties and her keen ability to place the microenterprise movement in the larger context of welfare reform and globalization make Bootstrap Dreams a valuable book.