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Specialization in Relational Reasoning: The Efficiency, Accuracy, and Neural Substrates of Social versus Nonsocial InferencesAlthough deduction can be applied both to associations between nonsocial objects and to social relationships among people, the authors hypothesize that social targets elicit specialized cognitive mechanisms that facilitate inferences about social …
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The Tides of Reform Revisited: Making Government Word, 1945-2002The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity …
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The Tides of Reform: Making Government Work, 1945-1994The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity …
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Farmer's Willingness to Pay for Ground Water ProtectionThe effectiveness of current groundwater protection policies depends largely on farmers' voluntary compliance with leaching reduction measures, an important component of which is their willingness to adopt costlier production practices in order to prevent …
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Does Government Funding Alter Nonprofit Governance? Evidence from New York City ContractorsThis paper explores the relationship between nonprofit board governance practices and government contracting. Monitoring by a board is one way a governmental agency can help to insure quality performance by its contractors. Agencies could thus use both …
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Searching for Social EntrepreneursThe question for this paper is not whether social entrepreneurs exist, however, but whether the field of social entrepreneurship is too exclusive for its own good. The field has mostly defined social entrepreneurs as individuals who launch entirely new …
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Black-white Achievement Gap and Family WealthThis article examines the extent to which family wealth affects the Black–White test score gap for young children based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (aged 3–12). This study found little evidence that wealth mediated the Black–White test …
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Power, Culture, and Action: Considerations in the Expression and Enactment of Power in East Asian and Western SocietiesWe present a model of how culture affects both the conceptualizations and behavioral consequences of power, focusing in particular on how culture moderates the previously demonstrated positive relationship between power and assertive action. Western …
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The Influence of Structural and Experiential Neighborhood Factors and Developmental Stage on the Antisocial Behavior of Urban Adolescents in PovertyThis study explored the effects of structural and experiential neighborhood factors and developmental stage on antisocial behavior, among a sample of poor urban adolescents in New York City. Conceptually and empirically distinct profiles of neighborhood …
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A Contextual Approach to the Development of Self-Regulatory Competences: Maternal Unresponsiveness and Toddler's Negative Affect in Stressful SituationsA prospective study examined the effects of maternal unresponsivity and of toddlers' own negative affect on the child's subsequent ability to use effective attentional control strategies in preschool. Maternal and child behaviors were measured in …
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Bringing Information Technology to InfrastructureOver the last decade, the development and operation of conventional infrastructure, such as transportation, water and power systems, has increasingly become dependent on information technologies (IT). Due to the rapid rate of advances in IT, especially …
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Building Homes, Reviving Neighborhoods: Spillovers from Subsidized Construction of Owner-Occupied Housing in New York CityThis article examines the impact of two New York City homeownership programs on surrounding property values. Both programs, Nehemiah Program and the Partnership New Homes program subsidize the construction of affordable owner-occupied homes in distressed …
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Informing the Implementation of Savings initiative for Retirement-Eligible EmployeesThe New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is NYC’s chief financial agency, and its Citywide Savings Unit is the unit responsible for city agency programming aimed at reducing city spending. It is estimated that nearly 10 percent of …
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Alumni Spotlight: Ali Knight (MPA 2007)When Ali Knight (MPA 2007) stepped into the role of CEO at Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) in the summer of 2020, he was stepping into a leadership position during a time of momentous change. Not only was he filling the role held by the organization’s …
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Urban Policy - PhDThis field prepares students to undertake research related to urban areas. Fundamentally, cities are about proximity and heterogeneity, which bring both benefits and costs. Bringing large numbers of diverse people together in small spaces means …
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Reimagining Cultural Competence: Bringing Buried Dynamics Into the LightMany organizations attempt to increase cultural competence as one way to foster organizational change to enhance equity and inclusion. But the literature on cultural competence is largely silent on the role of emotion, despite the strong feelings that …
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The Opportunity of Transition: Executive Leadership Services as a Framework for ChangeThe Support Center for Nonprofit Management provides services designed to increase the effectiveness of nonprofit leaders, enabling nonprofit organizations to better serve their clients and communities. Among their offerings, they provide Executive …
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Poverty Concentration and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Effects of Siting and Tenant CompositionNew evidence on the effects of growing up in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty has heightened policy interest in understanding the role housing programs may play in shaping the distribution of poverty. In particular, as the nation’s largest source of …
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Neighborhood Needs Assessment Analysis and Strategic Planning RecommendationsSince 1967, Legal Services of New York City’s Brooklyn programs have provided legal advocacy and information on a broad range of topics to low-income residents. Working on behalf of both individual clients and client groups, Brooklyn Legal Services (BLS) …
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Costing for PMTCT ProgramsEstablished in 1986, the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) supports equitable health and social services for people living with HIV. GNP+ recognizes that HIV communities, traditional/religious leaders, and community health workers play an …
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Needs Assessment in Ganda Pura subdistrict, Aceh province, IndonesiaIn December 2004, an earthquake shook Southeast Asia creating a tsunami that devastated the region. In Indonesia, an estimated 150,000 people were dead or missing and just over a half-million people were displaced by the disaster. Prior to the tsunami, a …
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Queens Community Assessments: An Analysis of the Strengths and Needs of Youth and Families in Far Rockaway and JamaicaSafe Space is a nonprofit organization serving over 20,000 children and families in New York City who are dealing with a range of complex issues, including child abuse and neglect, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health concerns. Safe Space …
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Re-Conceptualizing the Juvenile Justice ContinuumCitizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a nonprofit, multi-issue, child advocacy organization that works to secure every childs birthright to be healthy, housed, educated, and safe. CCC requested a Capstone team to assist them in a project examining …
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Career Services in the Jewish Immigrant and Haredi Communities of NYCThe Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is an organization representing and coordinating the efforts of Jewish Community Councils citywide. It advocates for the needs of the poor and near-poor through provision of social services and legislative …