Urban Institute Press Spring 2011 Catalogs

8/6/2019 Urban Institute Press Spring 2011 Catalogs

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norofts ad BsiessJoseph J. Cordes and C. Eugene Steuerle, editors

In this age o corporate philanthropy and socially responsible

companies, the barrier between the nonproft and business

worlds is more permeable than ever. Nonprofts and Business

assembles diverse researchers rom commercial, economic,

operational,andlegalbackgroundstoexplorethetrend.

htt://.rba.or/books/oroftsadbsiess/

$29.50 296 pages December 2008 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-741-4

The Nonproft Almanac 2008Kennard T. Wing, Thomas H. Pollak, and Amy Blackwood

Foreword by Elizabeth T. Boris

Americas civil sector continues to grow aster than its

business sector or the government. This almanac illuminatesnonprofts place in the national economy and trends in

employment, private giving, volunteering, and fnances

htt://.rba.or/books/oroft_almaac/

$39.50 272 pages April 2008 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-736-0

policy ad Evidece i a partisa Ae:The Great DisconnectPaul Gary Wycko

It seems our national agenda is set by those who shout the

loudest.Butshouldntscholarshipwinoverideology?Wyckoff

debunksmythswhileexplainingtheneedforevidence-based

policy, and recommends ways to impart empirical standards to

thenextgenerationofleaders.

htt://.rba.or/books/olicyadevidece/

$26.50 168 pages May 2009 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-749-0




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norofts ad govermet:Collaboration and Conict, second editionElizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle, editors

Relationships between government and nonproft

organizations continue to grow, proving more ruitul than

many had eared and more problematic than many had hoped.

This new edition is ully updated, with two new chapters.

htt://.rba.or/books/a2/

$29.50 466 pages October 2006 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-732-2

Maai govermet proerty Assets:Iteratioal ExeriecesOlga Kaganova and James McKellar, editors

Governments own a vast array o real propertyroads,

public housing, water distribution systems, ofce buildings.

Responsibility or each is usually ragmented across agencies.

But a new discipline is emerging: organizational management

specifc to this important component o public wealth.

http://www.urban.org/books/property-assets/


perormace Measremet:Getting Results, second editionHarry P. Hatry, with a chapter by Joseph S. Wholey

Harry Hatry is a pioneer in developing methods or

government and human services agencies to measure

theirefcacy.Inthishandbookhecoverseverystep,from

identiying objectives and outcomes to fnding the best

sources o data.htt://.rba.or/books/erormacemeasremet/

$34.50 344 pages January 2007 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-734-6

private neihborhoods ad theTrasormatio o Local govermetRobert H. Nelson

From 1980 to 2000, hal the new housing in the United States

was built in a development governed by a neighborhood

association. More than 50 million Americans now live in these

communities. Private Neighborhoods examinesthepoliticaland

economicconsequencesofthischange.

htt://.rba.or/books/rivateeihborhoods/

$32.50 494 pages July 2005 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-751-3


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edcatio olicy ad child develomet




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Edcatioal Ecoomics: where Do School Fds go?Marguerite Roza

Educational Economics examineseducationnancefromthe

schoolsvantagepoint,explaininghowapatchworkoffunding

streamsfederalblockfunding,foundationgrants,earmarks,

set-asides, and union mandatesoften prevents schools

fromdeliveringacademicservicesthatmeshwiththeirstated

priorities.

htt://.rba.or/books/edcatioalecoomics/


Creati a ne Teachi professioDan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway, editors

Improvingteacherqualityisanecessaryindeed,thekey

ingredient for improving our nations schools, Goldhaber and

Hannawayconclude.Butputtingthisadviceintopracticemay

requireradicalreformsinthewayschoolsattract,retain,and

evaluate teachers. The scholars here offer innovative proposals

to jolt the teaching profession from complacency.

htt://.rba.or/books/eteachirofessio/

$29.50 348 pages November 2009 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-762-9

Growing Up Hispanic: Health and Development ofChildre of ImmiratsNancy S. Landale, Susan McHale, and Alan Booth, editors

Growing Up Hispanicexploresthechallengingenvironmentin

whichchildrenofLatinoimmigrantsareraisedhighpoverty,

lowacademicachievement,limitedaccesstohealthandsocial

services,anduncertainpoliticalsupportandexamineshow

familyandcommunityaffecttheirdevelopmentandwell-being.

htt://.rba.or/books/roihisaic/

$32.50 368 pages June 2010 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-763-6

Healthand Development

of Children of Immigrants

Edited by

NANCYS. LANDALE, SUSAN McHALE,

and ALANBOOTH

GROWIN

GUP

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ISPANIC




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Saving Americas High SchoolsBecky A. Smerdon and Kathryn M. Borman, editors

Many recent high school reform efforts have homed in on

schoolsize.Ifclassesweresmaller,theargumentgoes,they

could better address students individual needs. It seems

likecommonsense,butsuchchangeshavenotproventobeamagicbullet.Thisbookexploreslarge-scalequantitative

research on national high school reform efforts.

htt://.rba.or/books/savihihschools/


Reformi Child welfare

Olivia GoldenAs the director of the District of Columbias Child and Family

Services Agency, Olivia Golden led reform of a system in

federalreceivership.Here,sheusesbringsexpertiseasan

administrator, an academic, and an advocate to pinpoint the

factors that lead to success. Case studies from disparate child

welfareagenciesarealsofeatured.

htt://.rba.or/books/reformichildelfare/


Itereeratioal CareiviAlan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Suzanne M. Bianchi, and

Judith A. Seltzer, editors

Dramatic changes in the American family have transformed

howwecareforitsoldestandyoungestmembers.In

Intergenerational Caregiving, an interdisciplinary group of

scholars considers our changing families and their effects

on our relationships and resources.

htt://.rba.or/books/itereeratioalcareivi/


Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and SocialConsequences of Teen Pregnancy, second edition

Saul D. Hoffman and Rebecca A. Maynard, editorsThersteditionofKids Having Kids achievedanewmethodo-

logical sophistication by isolating teen birth itself from the

mothers circumstances and, thus, discovering its true costs.

This updated second edition also evaluates prevention initiatives.

htt://.rba.or/books/kidshavikids/


Edited by

Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Suzanne M. Bianchi,

and Judith A. Seltzer

IntergenerationalCaregiving


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Cost-Beeft Aalysis ad Crime CotrolJohn K. Roman, Terence Dunworth, and Kevin Marsh, editors

Criminal justice programs, to be adopted in todays climate,

needtodemonstratenotonlyefcacybutreturnontax

dollars invested. Cost-Beneft Analysis and Crime Control

guides researchers through cost collection, design o

bias-ree studies, measurement o eects, approaches to

estimating program benefts, and methods or combining the

elements into a unifed analysis.htt://.rba.or/books/cost-beeft-aalysis/


Holdi police AccotableCandace McCoy, editor

Book 1 in the John Jay Series on Criminal Justice

In Holding Police Accountable, leading criminal justicescholarsexamineresearchonpoliceuseofforce,honoring

the late James J. Fye. Fyes 1978 discoverythat training

and regulation reduced deadly shootings by ofcers without

adversely aecting crime ratesrevolutionized his discipline.

htt://.rba.or/books/holdioliceaccotable/


edIted by

candace mccoy

IntroductIon by

Samuel Walker

HOLDING POLICE

ACCOUNTABLE

Childre o Icarcerated parets: A Hadbook orResearchers ad practitioers

J. Mark Eddy and Julie Poehlmann, editors

The nearly 2 million children in the United States whose

parentsareinprisonaremorelikelytoexperiencelearning

difculties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually

be incarcerated themselves. Children o Incarcerated Parents

integrates scholarship rom criminology, sociology, social

work,psychology,humandevelopment,andfamilystudies.

htt://.rba.or/books/childreofcarceratedarets/


A HANDBOOK FOR RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS

CHILDREN

Edited byJ. Mark Eddyand JuliePoehlmann




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Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform:Leari rom FailreGreg Berman and Aubrey Fox

In criminal justice reorm, neither citizens nor ofcials have

endorsed the view that problems are solved iteratively. But Trial

and Errorargues that public policies cannot be divided neatlyintosuccessesandfailures.Thebookexaminesprograms

that ell short o their objectives and dedicated reormers who

didnotquiteachievetheirgoals.

htt://.rba.or/books/trialaderror/


Child welare: The Challees o CollaboratioTimothy Ross

Childwelfareworkersoftenneedcooperationfromother

agencies that have their own goals and regulations. The tangle

o red tape that can result rustrates sta and robs youth o

confdence in the system. Child Welare sets orth real-world

examplestoguideinteragencycollaboration.

htt://.rba.or/books/childelare/

$29.50 268 pages March 2009 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-756-8

Bt They All Come Back:Faci the Challees o prisoer Reetry

Jeremy Travis

But They All Come Backexploresthenexusofreturning

prisoners with seven policy domains: public saety, amilies

andchildren,work,housing,publichealth,civicidentity,and

community capacity. Travis proposes a new architecture orour criminal justice system, organized around fve principles o

reentry, that will encourage change and spur innovation.

htt://.rba.or/books/AllComeBack/


Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse

Jerey A. Butts and John Roman, editorsState and local governments have started hundreds o specialized

drug courts to provide judicial supervision and coordinate

substance abuse treatment or drug-involved juveniles.Juvenile

Drug Courts istherstbooktoexaminetheideasbehind

juveniledrugcourtsandexploretheirhistoryandpopularity.

http://www.urban.org/pubs/JuvenileDrugCourts/



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The Hosi policy Revoltio:netorks ad neihborhoodsDavid J. Erickson

Partnerships among advocates, local government, and the

privatesector,withtheaidoffederaltaxincentivesandblock

grants, have transormed our response to public housing. This

bookanalyzestherevolutionthroughhistoricalpoliticalanalysis

and detailed case studies.

htt://.rba.or/books/hosievoltio/


pblic Hosi ad the Leacy of SereatioMargery Austin Turner, Susan J. Popkin, and Lynette Rawlings

Recent initiatives have aimed to reorm distressed developments

but have largely ignored the role o racial segregation in creating

troubled communities. Can housing policies simultaneouslyaddress poverty and discrimination?

htt://.rba.or/books/blichosi/


Reairi the u.S. Social Safety netMartha R. Burt and Demetra Smith Nightingale

The rising poverty and unemployment triggered by the

recessionarestarkremindersoftheneedforasecure

social saety net. Such programs should protect vulnerable

amilies, but the United States alls behind other countries in

accomplishingthesegoals.Thisbookrecommendswayswe

can meet a national commitment to end poverty.

htt://.rba.or/books/reairissafetyet/





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Work-Life PoliciesAnn C. Crouter and Alan Booth, editors

Work-Life Policies assembles diverse researchersindustrial

psychologists,labororganizers,policyanalysts,management

scholarswho have moved beyond descriptive studies into

rigorousinterventionresearchonwork-lifebalanceforbothsalariedandhourlyworkers.Theirinvestigationsexaminenot

onlyformalpoliciesbutalsochangesinworkplaceculture.

htt://.rba.or/books/orklifeolicies/

$32.50 388 pages February 2009 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-748-3

Asset Building and Low-Income FamiliesSigne-Mary McKernan and Michael Sherraden, editors

Policies that allow or encourage aid recipients to build assets

are an increasingly popular strategy to help low-income

amilies achieve fnancial stability. This data-rich volume

assesses a growing body o research and suggests ways to

translateitintopolicythatworks.

htt://.rba.or/books/assetbildi/

$29.50 300 pages September 2008 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-754-4

Iteratioal persectives o Social Secrity ReformRudolph G. Penner, editor

Other countries have not been as reluctant as the United

States to modiyeven overhaultheir public pension

systems. Canada, Sweden, Japan, Germany, the UK, and Italy

havemuchtoteachusaboutwhatworks(andwhatdoesnt).htt://.rba.or/books/socialsecrityreform/


Reshai the America workforce i aChai EcoomyHarry J. Holzer and Demetra Smith Nightingale, editors

Whatdirectionsshouldworkforcepolicytakeinlightofmajor developments such as baby boomer retirements and

continuingglobalization?Here,labormarketexpertsanswer

with resh insights frmly grounded in research.

htt://.rba.or/books/reshai/



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Cotemorary u.S. Tax policy, secod editio

C. Eugene SteuerleA ChoiceOutstandingAcademicBookoftheYear

Contemporary U.S. Tax Policyis,atitsheart,anexciting,

ifnotalwayspretty,taleofdemocraticdecisionmaking,writes

C.EugeneSteuerleinhisanalysisoftaxationfromthepost

WorldWarIIerathroughthelastBushadministration.Tax

history has always been messy, repetitive, and rancorous.

Yetevolutionandrevolutioncanoccur.

htt://.rba.or/books/cotemorarytax/$29.50 344 pages May 2008 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-738-4

war ad TaxesSteven A. Bank, Kirk J. Stark, and Joseph J. Thorndike

During World War II, Americans were urged to buy bonds and

payhighertaxes.AfterSeptember11,weweregiventaxcutsand

askedtoshop.HastheUnitedStatesbrokenanobletraditionofscalsacriceoristhisthemarkofneweconomicandsocial

forcesatwork?

htt://.rba.or/books/aradtaxes/

$26.50 224 pages March 2008 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-740-7

Decoding the U.S. Corporate TaxDaniel N. Shaviro

A ChoiceOutstandingAcademicBookoftheYear

As globalization, capital mobility, fnancial innovation, and

politicalpolarizationdestabilizetaxpolicy,thisbookmaps

the path to air, revenue-generating reorm. Shaviro assesses

thethreatstoAmericascorporatetaxandchallenges

conventional wisdom on how to meet them.

htt://.rba.or/books/scororatetax/





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Local Tax policy: A Federalist persective,secod editioDavid Brunori

Local governments are struggling to raise revenue as their

fscal autonomy continues its decades-long decline. LocalTax Policy evaluates various relie proposals and champions

strengtheningtheoft-malignedpropertytax.

htt://.rba.or/books/localtaxolicy/


Taxi Caital Icome

Henry J. Aaron, Leonard E. Burman, and C. Eugene Steuerle, editorsWhethertotaxincomefromcapitalhassparkeddebatesince

ourcountrysinception.Doestaxingcapitalincomeensure

progressivityormerelydiscouragesaving?Inthisvolume,top

taxscholarsandpractitionersconsidertheramicationsofthis

undamental source o revenue.

htt://.rba.or/books/taxicaitalicome/


State Tax policy: A political persective, secod editio

David Brunori

A ChoiceOutstandingAcademicBookoftheYear

Statetaxsystemsareintrouble:thefederalgovernmenthas

shiftedresponsibilityforsocialprogramsandtaxcutshave

become the weapon o choice in the war or business. This

booksuggestshowstategovernmentscanmeetthesecritical

challenges.htt://.rba.or/books/state_tax_olicy/

$26.50 156 pages January 2006 paper, ISBN 978-0-87766-726-1

Ecycloedia of Taxatio ad Tax policy,secod editio

Joseph J. Cordes, Robert D. Ebel, and Jane G. Gravelle, editorsA ChoiceOutstandingAcademicBookoftheYear

Fromadjustedgrossincometozoningandpropertytaxes,

the Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy oers the best

andmostcompleteguidetotax-relatedissues.

htt://.rba.or/books/TTp/



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