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No Simple Solutions
Transforming Public Housing in Chicago
Häftad, 2017
458 kr
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In this book, Sue Popkin tells the story of how an ambitious—and risky—social experiment affected the lives of the people it was ultimately intended to benefit: the residents who had suffered through the worst days of crime, decay, and rampant mismanagement of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), …
Tax Justice
The Ongoing Debate
Av Joseph J. Thorndike, Dennis J. Ventry Jr.
Häftad, 2002
514 kr
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Perhaps the most important quality of a tax system is that citizens consider it fair. Yet agreement on what a just tax would look like is one of the most difficult questions in economics. This book advances knowledge considerably on this controversial topic by providing a variety of new …
Beyond Bilingual Education
New Immigrants and Public School Policies in California
Av Alec Ian Gershberg, Anne Danenberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
514 kr
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The United States has a long record of ambivalence toward recent immigrants. Nowhere is this love-hate relationship more evident than in the public school systems of high-immigration states like California, where pro- and anti-immigration advocates have waged a long-running battle over “bilingual” …
Guide to Implementation Research
Av Alan Werner
Häftad, 2004
458 kr
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The 1990s’ historic welfare reform legislation shifted U.S. social policy institutions from a bureaucratic, centralized mode for income transfer, to a “professional” mode aimed at complex behavioral change. The evaluation community has responded with a shift from traditional impact analyses to …
Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse
Av John Roman, Jeffrey A. Butts
Häftad, 2004
514 kr
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Juvenile justice officials across the United States are embracing a new method of dealing with adolescent substance abuse. Importing a popular innovation from adult courts, state and local governments have started hundreds of specialized drug courts to provide judicial supervision and coordinate …
Performance Measurement
Getting Results
Häftad, 2007
598 kr
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Long before reinventing government came into vogue, the Urban Institute pioneered methods for government and human services agencies to measure the performance of their programs. This comprehensive guidebook synthesizes more than two decades of Harry Hatry's groundbreaking work. It covers every …
Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy
Häftad, 2008
514 kr
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C. Eugene Steuerle, one of the country's most influential economists, offers an insider's look at tax policy based on a quarter century of working with officials of all political stripes. Steuerle outlines the principles of taxation and the early postwar period before proceeding to the tax policy …
Subprime Mortgages
America's Latest Boom and Bust
Häftad, 2007
453 kr
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A new Urban Institute Press book offers a slate of reform opportunities for the ailing subprime mortgage market and provides one of the first comprehensive analyses of this still-evolving segment of the mortgage industry.
War and Taxes
Av Kirk J. Stark, Joseph J. Thorndike m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
458 kr
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The history of America’s tax system can be written largely as a history of America’s wars. During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and accept higher taxes. After September 11, we were given tax cuts and asked to shop. Has the United States broken a noble tradition of …
Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age
The Great Disconnect
Häftad, 2009
458 kr
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With the warring between left and right, Democrats and Republicans, advocacy groups on one side and advocacy groups on the other, it seems as if those who set our national agenda are those who shout the loudest. But shouldn’t scholarship count for more than preconceived notions? Policy and Evidence …
But They All Come Back
Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
Häftad, 2005
514 kr
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As our justice system has embarked upon one of our time's greatest social experiments—responding to crime by expanding prisons—we have forgotten the iron law of imprisonment: they all come back. In 2002, more than 630,000 individuals left federal and state prisons. Thirty years ago, only 150,000 …
Decoding U.S. Corporate Tax
Häftad, 2009
426 kr
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"The corporate tax could soon be headed in new directions," Dan Shaviro writes in Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax, wherein he assesses the threats to America’s corporate tax code and challenges conventional wisdom on the best avenues for reform. Shaviro dissects the vagaries of the law, lays out …
Educational Economics
Where Do School Funds Go?
Häftad, 2010
458 kr
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Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go? examines education finance from the school's vantage point, explaining how the varied funding streams can prevent schools from delivering academic services that mesh with their stated priorities. As government budgets shrink, linking expenditures to …
Children of Incarcerated Parents
A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners
Av Julie Poehlmann, J. Mark Eddy
Häftad, 2010
509 kr
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For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youth—a population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 years—are more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and …
Beyond Privatopia
Rethinking Residential Private Government
Häftad, 2011
458 kr
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In Beyond Privatopia: Rethinking Residential Private Government, attorney and political science scholar Evan McKenzie explores emerging trends in private governments and competing schools of thought on how to operate them, from state oversight to laissez-faire libertarianism. The most common …
Their Fair Share
Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR
Häftad, 2013
528 kr
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Joseph J. Thorndike's history of the U.S. federal tax system from the 1920s until the end of World War II might feel familiar: the president with a progressive reputation who proves more pragmatic than his ardent supporters hoped, the legislators who serve the media apoplectic rhetoric, the …
Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy
E-bok, 2008
549 kr
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C. Eugene Steuerle, one of the country''s most influential economists, offers an insider''s look at tax policy based on a quarter century of working with officials of all political stripes. Steuerle outlines the principles of taxation and the early postwar period before proceeding to the tax policy …
Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform
Learning from Failure
Inbunden, 2016
978 kr
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In this revised edition of their concise, readable, yet wide-ranging book, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox tackle a question students and scholars of law, criminology, and political science constantly face: what mistakes have led to the problems that pervade the criminal justice system in the United …
Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform
Learning from Failure
Häftad, 2016
473 kr
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In this revised edition of their concise, readable, yet wide-ranging book, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox tackle a question students and scholars of law, criminology, and political science constantly face: what mistakes have led to the problems that pervade the criminal justice system in the United …
No Simple Solutions
Transforming Public Housing in Chicago
Inbunden, 2016
641 kr
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In this book, Sue Popkin tells the story of how an ambitious—and risky—social experiment affected the lives of the people it was ultimately intended to benefit: the residents who had suffered through the worst days of crime, decay, and rampant mismanagement of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), …
Nonprofits and Government
Collaboration and Conflict
Av Elizabeth Boris, C. Eugene Steuerle
Inbunden, 2016
1838 kr
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Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the collaborative and conflicting relationship between nonprofits and government at all levels: local, national, and international. The contributors—all leading …
Nonprofits and Government
Collaboration and Conflict
Av Elizabeth Boris, C. Eugene Steuerle
Häftad, 2016
922 kr
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Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the collaborative and conflicting relationship between nonprofits and government at all levels: local, national, and international. The contributors—all leading …
State Tax Policy
A Primer
Inbunden, 2016
1063 kr
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State tax systems are in trouble. Revenue collecting methods developed more than a half century ago are straining to deal with 21st century economies. Globalization and e-commerce are changing the way people work and purchase goods; devolution has steadily shifted responsibility from the federal …
State Tax Policy
A Primer
Häftad, 2016
514 kr
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State tax systems are in trouble. Revenue collecting methods developed more than a half century ago are straining to deal with 21st century economies. Globalization and e-commerce are changing the way people work and purchase goods; devolution has steadily shifted responsibility from the federal …
Nonprofit Almanac
The Essential Facts and Figures for Managers, Researchers, and Volunteers
Av Brice S. McKeever, Nathan E. Dietz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1979 kr
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The Nonprofit Almanac, Ninth Edition, completely updated to include the most recent data available,assembles into one compact and well-organized volume an accessible and reader-friendly bible of data on America’s extraordinary and rapidly growing civic sector. In many cases, the data cover spans of …
Nonprofit Almanac
The Essential Facts and Figures for Managers, Researchers, and Volunteers
Av Brice S. McKeever, Nathan E. Dietz m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
925 kr
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The Nonprofit Almanac, Ninth Edition, completely updated to include the most recent data available,assembles into one compact and well-organized volume an accessible and reader-friendly bible of data on America’s extraordinary and rapidly growing civic sector. In many cases, the data cover spans of …
Performance Measurement
Getting Results
E-bok, 2023
634 kr
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Long before reinventing government came into vogue, the Urban Institute pioneered methods for government and human services agencies to measure the performance of their programs. This comprehensive guidebook synthesizes more than two decades of Harry Hatry''s groundbreaking work. It covers every …
Giving in Time
Temporal Considerations in Philanthropy
Av Ray Madoff, Benjamin Soskis
Inbunden, 2023
993 kr
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Within the philanthropic sector, as never before, time is of the essence. That is, temporal considerations—questions of intergenerational ethics, of the merits of giving now versus giving later, of the benefits and perils of perpetuity—have gained greatly in prominence. Bringing together the most …
Giving in Time
Temporal Considerations in Philanthropy
Av Ray Madoff, Benjamin Soskis
Häftad, 2023
458 kr
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Within the philanthropic sector, as never before, time is of the essence. That is, temporal considerations—questions of intergenerational ethics, of the merits of giving now versus giving later, of the benefits and perils of perpetuity—have gained greatly in prominence. Bringing together the most …
Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century
Right and Wrong Approaches to Reform
Av C. Eugene Steuerle, Jon M. Bakija
Häftad, 1994
262 kr
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Even if solvent, Social Security needs reform because health, life spans, work, and migration patterns are changing, the authors argue. They develop a blueprint that identifies "right" reforms--those that achieve fiscal balance and increase Social Security's responsiveness to today's and tomorrow's …
