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Metropolitan Policy Center Publications

Part of MPC's mission is to cultivate innovative cross-disciplinary metropolitan and urban research that helps to improve people's lives and public policy. We've accomplished this again and again by producing numerous publications with our findings. In the sixyears that we've been around, we've published 11books and 163+ articles, completed 6projects, and presented in over 115 countries & locations.

Books

The Politics of Staying Put

The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-to-Buy

by Carolyn Gallaher

Capital Dilemma

Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, D.C.

by Derek Hyra and Sabiyha Price

Building Walls

Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States

by Ernesto Castañeda

Indigenous DC

Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital

by Elizabeth Rule

Corruption Plots

Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist

by Malini Ranganathan and David Pike

A Man among Other Men

A Man among Other Men

by Jordanna Matlon

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

by Derek Hyra

Locally Played

Locally Played: Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities

by Benjamin Stokes

Cradle to Kindergarten

Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality

byTaryn Morrissey

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

by Ernesto Castañeda

Slow and Sudden Violence book cover

Slow and Sudden Violence

by Derek Hyra

Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration

Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration

by Ernesto Castañeda and Daniel Jenks

Neighborhoods

2021
  • Johnson, L. “” Urban Affairs Review.
2020
  • Castañeda, E. ","Social Sciences.

  • Bader, M. ","Sociological Methods & Research.

  • Hardy, B. ","2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

  • Morrissey, T. ","Children and Youth Services Review.

2019
  • Bader, M. ","Journal of Urban Health.
  • Bader, M. ","City & Community.
  • Greene, T.“,”City & Community.
  • Johnson, L. ","Urban Affairs Review.
2016
  • Pike, D. “,”A New Vocabulary for Global Modernism.
2015
  • Bader, M. “,”Health & Place.
  • Hyra, D. “,”City & Community.
  • Pike, D. “,”Studies in the Humanities.
2014
  • Bader, M. ",”American Journal of Epidemiology.

Gentrification

2022
  • Ranganathan, M. & Hyra, D. “” The Green City and Social Injustice.
2021
  • Hyra, D. ","Volume 2: Housing and Home.
2019
  • Hyra, D.","Housing Policy Debate.
  • Ranganathan, M. et al. "," Antipode.
2018
  • Grier, S.","Journal of Public Policy and Marketing.
2017
  • Bader, M. “,”The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
2016
  • Hyra, D. “,”Cityscape.
2015
  • Hyra, D. “.”Urban Studies.
  • Hyra, D. “,”Journal of Urban Affairs.
2014
  • Esser, D.“,”Environment and Urbanization.
  • Ranganathan, M.“,”Governing Urban Futures, London School of Economics and Political Science Urban Age Series.
  • Ranganathan, M. “,”Water Alternatives.

Health & Education

2022
  • Morrissey, T. “” Southern Economic Journal.
2021

  • Morrissey, T. “” Public Health and Nutrition.

  • Johnston, J. “” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

  • AbouAssi, K. “” Nonprofit Policy Forum.

  • De Jesus, M. “” Social Sciences & Medicine.

  • De Jesus, M. ""Women’s Health Reports.

  • De Jesus, M. ""International Journal of Public Health.

  • De Jesus, M. ""International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  • Grier, S. ""Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

2020

  • Castañeda, E. ","Social Sciences.

  • Grier, S. ","Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.

  • Hardy, B. ""The Brookings Institution.

  • Hardy, B. ""Review of Economics of the Household.

  • Johnson, L. ""Health & Place.

  • Morrissey, T. ","2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

  • Morrissey, T. ","Academic Pediatrics.

  • Morrissey, T. ""2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

  • Morrissey, T. ""2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

  • Morrissey, T. ""2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

2019
  • De Jesus, M. ","International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • De Jesus, M.","The Conversation.
  • Grier, S. ","Journal of Public Policy and Marketing.
  • Morrissey, T.","Pediatrics Journal.
  • Ranganathan, M.","Antipode.
2018
  • De Jesus, M.","Public Health Reports.
2017
  • Castañeda, E. ","Disability & Society.
  • Grier, S. “,”Journal of Interactive Marketing.
  • Lindsay, C. “,”Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
  • Lindsay, C. “,”Education Next.
  • Morrissey, T. “,”Preventive Medicine.
  • Morrissey, T. “,”Review of Economics of the Household.
  • Morrissey, T. ","Developmental Psychology.
  • Morrissey, T. “,”Social Service Review.
  • Morrissey, T. “,”Journal of Marriage and Family.
2016
  • Bader, M.“,”American Journal of Public Health.
  • De Jesus, M. “,” Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
  • De Jesus, M. “,”Psychology, Health, and Medicine.
  • De Jesus, M.“,”LGBT Health.
  • Grier, S.“,”Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.
  • Ranganathan, M.“,”Capitalism Nature Socialism.
2014
  • Bader, M."Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Race & Diversity

2022
  • Palmer, J. “” Handbook of Research on Social Justice Research Methods.
2021
  • Grier, S. “” Jazz Research Journal.
  • Ranganathan, M. & Hyra, D. ""Environmental Justice.
  • Gallaher, C. "" Gender, Place & Culture.
  • Hardy, B. ""The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Johnson, L. ""Race and Justice.
  • Ranganathan, M. ""The Lancet Global Health.
2020
  • Bader, M. Contexts.
  • Bader, M. "" Social Science Research Network.
  • Grier, S. ""Journal of Marketing Education.
  • Matlon, J. ""The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
  • Ranganathan, M. ""Antipode.
2019
  • AbouAssi, K.and Johnston, J.","Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
  • Castañeda,E.","The Washington Post.
  • Grier, S. ","Journal of Business Research.
  • Hardy, B.","The Review of the Black Political Economy.
  • Johnston, J. "," Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
2017
  • Esser, D. ","School of International Service Research Paper.
  • Hardy, B.“,”Economics Letters.
2016
  • Chuang, A. “,” Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference: Minneapolis, MN.
  • Bader, M.","Sociological Science.
  • Hyra, D.","Urban Geography.
  • Ranganathan, M.","Capitalism Nature Socialism.
2015
  • Bader, M.“,”The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Bader, M.“,”Population Research and Policy Review.
  • Chuang, A. “,”Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism.
  • De Jesus, M. “,”Sexually Transmitted Infections.
  • Hyra, D. “,”Housing Policy Debate.
2014
  • Castañeda, E. “,” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Inequality

2021

  • Esser, D. ""The Professional Geographer.

  • Hardy, B. ""Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

2020
  • Hardy, B. “,” Brookings Institution.

  • Grier, S. ""Journal of Marketing Management.

  • Hardy, B. ""The Brookings Institution.

  • Morrissey, T. ""Children and Youth Services Review.

  • Morrissey, T. "" 2020 APPAM Fall Research Conference.

2018
  • Hardy, B. “?” Demography.
2016
  • Hardy, B. "," Contemporary Economic Policy.
  • Hyra, D. “,” Cityscape.
  • Morrissey, T. “,” Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
  • Morrissey, T. “,”Children and Youth Services Review.
2015
  • Grier, S. “,”Journal of Business Research.

Housing & Community

2022
  • Palmer, J. “” Handbook of Research on Social Justice Research Methods.
2021

  • Stokes, B. ""Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.

  • Johnson, L. ""Punishment & Society.

2020
  • Morrissey, T. ""Behavioral Medicine.
2019
  • Hyra, D.,","Housing Policy Debate.
2018
  • Castañeda, E. “,” Social Currents.
  • Johnson, L.","Crime and Delinquency.
2017
  • Castañeda, E.“.” Interface Journal.
2015
  • Hyra, D. ","The Roadmap for the Washington Region's Economic Future.
  • Hyra, D. "SBA Lending: Equity and Efficiency Challenges,"White paper commissioned by the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.
  • Hyra, D. ","Journal of Urban Affairs.
  • Hyra, D., Johnston, J., and Hardy, B. ","The Roadmap for the Washington Region's Economic Future.
  • Ranganathan, M. “,”Antipode.
  • Ranganathan, M. “,”Urban Geography.
2014
  • Ranganathan, M. ",”International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

Project Publications

DC Area Survey

DC Area Survey

Studying neighborhood and resident well-being in the Washington, D.C.metropolitan area.

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SBA Lending

SBA Lending

Ananalysis ofthe equity and efficiency challenges of the Small Business Administration's lending programs.

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Making the Just City Drawing

Making the Just City

An interdisciplinary, comparative, CBPA research project investigating how housing, community change, and health are connected.


Capitol Building Illustration

The Roadmap Initiative

Aninvestigation intoaspects of the Washington area's regional economy.

Earned Income Tax Credit

An analysis of the effects of the federal EITCprogramwithin Washington, D.C.


Walkability Policy Brief Chart

Walkability Preference Policy Brief

A roundtable discussion about the "walkability preference" proposal put forward by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

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