Beginning with the odd finding that “peace research is just the study of war,” this article
explores “positive peace” as an important yet neglected notion in public administration. It …

We explore the effects of gender representation between a small group of professionalized
bureaucrats, assessment appeals boards, and a small group of residents and homeowners …

This study replicates, using 2010 Census data, and extends past work on moderately rent-
controlled municipalities in New Jersey, which began policies to stabilize rents while …

Property maintenance affects health and safety, market values and neighbourhood
dynamics. Previous studies have indicated that owner-occupiers maintain their properties …

This study examines the effects of Environmental Protection Agency brownfield sites on
housing values, foreclosures, and premature deaths in Louisville, Kentucky, between 2000 …

Foreclosures have become one of the most important problems facing cities and the US
economy. However, not all communities are affected equally. Our goal is to better …

Sean Safford's 2009 book Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown introduces a
revolutionary idea that much of a community's economic resilience is tied to the social …

Social critic Paul Goodman (1960, p. 17) wrote in Growing Up Absurd,“A man has only one
life and if during it he has no great environment, no community, he has been irreparably …

This paper analyzes median assessed residential property values using three different
operationalizations of a tract-level dependent variable for a mid-sized US city: Louisville …

Property tax is an important source of finance for local governments, which directly affects
the extent to which they can make autonomous expenditure decisions. Although the …