This research describes the Great Recession's impact on the City of Chicago budget and financial decisions about revenues, spending, and borrowing.
“Chapter Three: What Must Be in Place for Someone to Believe in Human Rights?” in Democracy as Fetish: Rhetoric, Ethnography, and the Expansion of Life GCP-10-5
In this chapter of his book length-manuscript, Cintron analyzes classic documents from the history of human rights and classic commentaries on rights.
From Gray Areas to New Communities: Lessons and Issues from Comprehensive U.S. Neighborhood Initiatives GCP-10-02
This paper examines the issues embedded in both the comprehensive aspirations and neighborhood focus in approaches towards fighting poverty, campaigning for better conditions and providing education and social services to residents; this is done through exploration of a brief history of major initiatives, and the lessons and needs for the future suggested by that history.
Troubled Assets: Financial Emergencies and Racialized Risk GCP-10-01
This paper argues that new state strategies towards financial volatility have created dramatic new forms for the racialization of credit risk.
Prague, Tourism and the Post-Industrial City GCP-09-05
Although urban tourism has been one of the important forces shaping cities during the past few decades, most studies on the transition from the industrial to the post-industrial city focus on the shift to financial and professional services.
Joint Environmental and Cost Efficiency Analysis of the Electricity Production Industry: Applying the Materials Balance Condition GCP-09-03
The electricity generation industry produces a substantial proportion of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change in the United States and globally. Yet, little research has been done to examine what the economic and environmental tradeoffs currently are for electric power plants.
Making Sense of Renaissance 2010 School Policy in Chicago: Race, Class, and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberal Urban Restructuring GCP-09-02
Chicago has long been a focus of national attention on urban education policy, and its latest plan to remake public education is no exception.
Jóvenes Sin Fronteras: Latino Youth Take Action for Social Justice & Well-Being GCP-09-01
The purpose of this paper is to present a participatory evaluation using an empowerment framework to demonstrate how a local, urban cultural center for youth fosters (1) Latino Unity and positive youth development among participants; (2) youth led action and organizational empowerment, (3) positive community connectedness and community-building and (4) broader societal connectedness and social justice.
360 Degrees of Development: Universities as Real Estate Developers in Atlanta
However important the university may be to the city, the conditions and practices that make up the university - city relationship are not necessarily smooth or well understood. The purpose of this report is to contribute to this understanding.
A Quality Control Framework for Bus Schedule Reliability GCP-08-06
This paper develops and demonstrates a quality control framework for bus schedule reliability.