Streetscape Democracy as problem-solving project
Xavier de Souza Briggs
works in progress
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unpublished papers, media items, and slide presentations below:
1. inequality: housing,
poverty, neighborhood dynamics, child and family well-being
(September
2007) Little room to maneuver: Housing choice and neighborhood outcomes in the
Moving to
(August 2007)
Has exposure to poor neighborhoods changed in
(July 2007) How
does leaving high poverty neighborhoods affect the employment prospects of
low-income mothers? (and tables):
Evidence from the MTO experiment, Paper presented at the Employment and Housing
Mobility Roundtable, Inclusionist.org and PRRAC,
(August 2006) Girls in the ‘hood: Reframing
safety and its impact on health and behavior, Paper prepared for the annual
meetings of the ASA (see above).
(August 2006) ASA slide show
describing the Three-City Study of Moving to
(June 2006) Does
housing policy affect educational outcomes for at-risk youth?: Paper with
evidence from the Moving to
(June 2006) Sprawl and its
social consequences: What do we know or not know? Slides for presentation
to National Academies/National Research Council Workshop on Urban Development
and Land Use Governance
(October 2005) Fairness in new
New Orleans (Op-ed, The Boston Globe)
(March 2004) Traps and
stepping stones: Neighborhood dynamics and family well-being:
paper + tables
2. racial and ethnic
diversity
“Some of my
best friends are …”: Interracial friendships and segregation in American
communities
(December 2006) paper here + tables here
3. democracy and
problem-solving in cities around the world
“The will and
the way: Local partnerships, political strategy, and the well-being of
“Community
building: The new (and old) politics of urban problem-solving”: Working
paper (2002)
“Doing
democracy up close: culture, power and communication in community planning”: Draft
book chapter (Forthcoming 2007)