“Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire
Book abstract: Since the hit HBO show The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, it was viewed as much more than a typical police procedural.
Research
Women and Pre-Tenure Scholarly Productivity in International Studies: An Investigation into the Leaky Career Pipeline
Why are women still relatively scarce in the international studies profession?
The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations
The justice cascade refers to a new global trend of holding political leaders criminally accountable for past human rights violations through domestic and international prosecutions.
Rethinking Cities: Toward Shared Prosperity
The great transition from farm to city is filled with economic, social, and political promise. Cities are the product of a triad of forces.
The Decline, Rebound, and Further Rise in SNAP Enrollment: Disentangling Business Cycle Fluctuations and Policy Changes
Approximately 1-in-7 people and 1-in-4 children received benefits from the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in July 2011, both all-time highs.
Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?
Book abstract: How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time?
Patents, Monopoly Power, and the Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in Low-Income Nations
This paper reviews the theory and historical developments that made it possible for the world's least affluent citizens to obtain the benefits of modern pharmaceutical therapy at affordable prices.
Audits as Signals
A broad array of law enforcement strategies, from income tax to bank regulation, involve self-reporting by regulated agents and auditing of some fraction of the reports by the regulating bureau.
Review of Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property: Creative Production in Legal and Cultural Perspective
As thin as the gossamer of thought and as thick as the successful entrepreneur's bankroll, the concept of intellectual property (IP) navigates a wavering line between imagination and materiality.
Combating Concentrated Poverty in Urban Neighborhoods
Appearing a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Truly Disadvantaged, this article critically reflects on some of the more important research on the nature of concentrated p
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