Despite years of research, methodological and practical obstacles make it difficult to
conclude whether policies aimed at improving schools and communities are effective for …

The analysis of policies with a view to changing them is the subject of this book. Written by
an expert on policy research, it shows ways of presenting alternatives to policy-makers with …

Traditionally, the high rate of mobility in America has been linked to such negative
consequences as disintegrating communities and alienation among the populace. Recent …

This article examines earlier research on residential mobility and health, and offers a
theoretical framework that addresses certain issues neglected in that research. In general …

Over 20 years of scholarship suggests that living in America's poorest and most dangerous
communities diminishes the life course development of children and adults. In the 1990s, the …

Units of housing are commodities produced and marketed within particular economic and
technological constraints. For most North Americans, they are something we search for …

This study examined the role of residential and school mobility as a mediator between child
maltreatment and academic outcomes. Using a sample of 711 maltreated and …

This paper begins with a review of the residential mobility literature that arose out of housing
and planning policy aimed at decreasing the negative effects of urban transience. The …

It is impossible in a short review to do justice to all those individual contributions, most of
which are interesting in their own right… Whilst this book is likely to be of particular interest …

People have lived in communities since prehistoric times. Whether in caves or clustered
settlements, congregate shelter has had the same survival qualities found in the flocks …