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 six油years that we've been around, we've published 11油books and 163+ articles, completed 6油projects, 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 Casta単eda

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

by油Taryn Morrissey

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

by Ernesto Casta単eda

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 Casta単eda and Daniel Jenks

Neighborhoods

2021
  • Johnson, L. Urban Affairs Review.
2020
  • Casta単eda, E. ","油Social Sciences.
  • Bader, M. ","油Sociological Methods & Research.

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

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

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

Gentrification

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

  • AbouAssi, K. Nonprofit Policy Forum.

  • De Jesus, M. Social Sciences & Medicine.

  • De Jesus, M. ""油Womens Health Reports.油

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

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

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

2020
  • Casta単eda, E. ","油Social Sciences.油

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

  • Hardy, B. ""油The Brookings Institution.

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

  • Johnson, L. ""油Health & Place.

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

  • Morrissey, T. ","油Academic Pediatrics.

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

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

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

2019
  • De Jesus, M. ","油International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • De Jesus, M.油","油The Conversation.
  • Grier, S. ","油Journal of Public Policy and Marketing.
  • Morrissey, T.油","油Pediatrics Journal.
  • Ranganathan, M.油","油Antipode.
2018
  • De Jesus, M.油","油Public Health Reports.
2017
  • Casta単eda, E. ","油Disability & Society.
  • Grier, S. ,油Journal of Interactive Marketing.
  • Lindsay, C. ,油Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
  • Lindsay, C. ,油Education Next.
  • Morrissey, T. ,油Preventive Medicine.
  • Morrissey, T. ,油Review of Economics of the Household.
  • Morrissey, T. ","油Developmental Psychology.
  • Morrissey, T. ,油Social Service Review.
  • Morrissey, T. ,油Journal of Marriage and Family.
2016
  • Bader, M.油,油American Journal of Public Health.
  • De Jesus, M. , Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
  • De Jesus, M. ,油Psychology, Health, and Medicine.
  • De Jesus, M.油,油LGBT Health.
  • Grier, S.油,油Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.
  • Ranganathan, M.油,油Capitalism Nature Socialism.
2014
  • Bader, M.油"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. ""油Environmental Justice.
  • Gallaher, C. "" Gender, Place & Culture.
  • Hardy, B. ""油The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Johnson, L. ""油Race and Justice.油
  • Ranganathan, M. ""油The Lancet Global Health.油
2020
  • Bader, M. 油Contexts.油
  • Bader, M. "" Social Science Research Network.
  • Grier, S. ""油Journal of Marketing Education.
  • Matlon, J. ""油The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
  • Ranganathan, M. ""油Antipode.
2019
  • AbouAssi, K.油and Johnston, J.油","油Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
  • Casta単eda,油E.油","油The Washington Post.
  • Grier, S. ","油Journal of Business Research.
  • Hardy, B.油","油The Review of the Black Political Economy.
  • Johnston, J. "," Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
2017
  • Esser, D. ","油School of International Service Research Paper.
  • Hardy, B.油,油Economics Letters.
2016
  • Chuang, A. , Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference: Minneapolis, MN.
  • Bader, M.油","油Sociological Science.
  • Hyra, D.油","油Urban Geography.
  • Ranganathan, M.油","油Capitalism Nature Socialism.
2015
  • Bader, M.油,油The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Bader, M.油,油Population Research and Policy Review.
  • Chuang, A. ,油Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism.
  • De Jesus, M. ,油Sexually Transmitted Infections.
  • Hyra, D. 油,油Housing Policy Debate.
2014
  • Casta単eda, E. , Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Inequality

2021
  • Esser, D. ""油The Professional Geographer.

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

2020
  • Hardy, B. , Brookings Institution.
  • Grier, S. ""油Journal of Marketing Management.

  • Hardy, B. ""油The Brookings Institution.油

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

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

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

Housing & Community

2022
  • Palmer, J. Handbook of Research on Social Justice Research Methods.
2021
  • Stokes, B. ""油Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.

  • Johnson, L. ""油Punishment & Society.

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

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SBA Lending

SBA Lending

An油analysis of油the 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

An油investigation into油aspects of the Washington area's regional economy.

Earned Income Tax Credit

An analysis of the effects of the federal EITC油program油within 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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