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泭years that we've been around, we've published 11泭books and 163+ articles, completed 6泭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簽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泭Taryn Morrissey

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

by Ernesto Casta簽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簽eda and Daniel Jenks

Neighborhoods

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

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

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

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

Gentrification

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

  • AbouAssi, K. Nonprofit Policy Forum.

  • De Jesus, M. Social Sciences & Medicine.

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

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

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

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

2020
  • Casta簽eda, E. ","泭Social Sciences.泭

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

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

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

  • Johnson, L. ""泭Health & Place.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inequality

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Housing & Community

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

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

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

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SBA Lending

SBA Lending

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

Earned Income Tax Credit

An analysis of the effects of the federal EITC泭program泭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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