The Report of the President's Commission on Housing

The Report of the President's Commission on Housing
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Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : MINN:20000004006108
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Synopsis The Report of the President's Commission on Housing by : United States. President's Commission on Housing

Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts

Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts
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Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4446593
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Synopsis Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts by : United States. President's Commission on Budget Concepts

Report of the President's Commission on Privatization

Report of the President's Commission on Privatization
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Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : UCR:31210024917153
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Synopsis Report of the President's Commission on Privatization by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation, and Privatization

Report of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia

Report of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia
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Total Pages : 1088
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105005953661
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Synopsis Report of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia by : United States. President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia

In this report, the types of crimes, the offenders, and the overall disposition of the offenders in Washington, D.C. are analyzed. By Presidential order, a commission was established to make studies, conduct hearings, and compile information on crime in the District of Columbia. Detailed statistics on crime analysis are presented with studies on the serious crimes, frequency, time of occurrence, victim, offender, and other circumstances. A profile of the criminal offender is presented. Major section on the Metropolitan Police Department details its total operation. The court system, sentencing and imprisonment of adults and juveniles is analyzed. Further evaluation is given. Drunkenness offender, pretrial release, mentally ill offender, drug abuse, interrogation, juvenile offender, juvenile delinquency, and the roots of crime are discussed. The appendix contains four studies in the District of Columbia: one on police, one on offenders, one on corrections, and one on delinquency. The first study, a survey of the Metropolitan Police Department, reviews the management, administration, and operations of the department. It examines the traffic, investigation, and youth functions, as well as records management, communications, buildings and equipment, and police community relations. The second study, a description of active juvenile offenders and convicted adult felons in the District of Columbia, characterizes criminals by factors such as family background, location of residence, employment history, and personal data. The third study, the organization and effectiveness of the correctional agencies, discusses the functions and problems of the department of corrections and the parole and probation agencies. The final study analyzes the social environment and delinquency in the District of Columbia.

Slavery and the University

Slavery and the University
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9780820354422
ISBN-13 : 0820354422
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Slavery and the University by : Leslie Maria Harris

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two broad bodies of work: (1) historically based interdisciplinary research on the presence of slavery at higher education institutions in terms of the development of proslavery and antislavery thought and the use of slave labor; and (2) analysis on the ways in which the legacies of slavery in institutions of higher education continued in the post-Civil War era to the present day. The collection features broadly themed essays on issues of religion, economy, and the regional slave trade of the Caribbean. It also includes case studies of slavery's influence on specific institutions, such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, Emory University, and the University of Alabama. Though the roots of Slavery and the University stem from a 2011 conference at Emory University, the collection extends outward to incorporate recent findings. As such, it offers a roadmap to one of the most exciting developments in the field of U.S. slavery studies and to ways of thinking about racial diversity in the history and current practices of higher education.

Housing and the New Financial Mark

Housing and the New Financial Mark
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9781000677454
ISBN-13 : 1000677451
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Synopsis Housing and the New Financial Mark by : Richard Florida

This book explores how deregulation affect housing finance, and gives the broad patterns of development of institutions participating in mortgage markets. It also explores how the new housing finance system influences the cost and affordability of shelter.

Market Rules

Market Rules
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780812295665
ISBN-13 : 0812295668
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Market Rules by : Mark H. Rose

Although most Americans attribute shifting practices in the financial industry to the invisible hand of the market, Mark H. Rose reveals the degree to which presidents, legislators, regulators, and even bankers themselves have long taken an active interest in regulating the industry. In 1971, members of Richard Nixon's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation described the banks they sought to create as "supermarkets." Analogous to the twentieth-century model of a store at which Americans could buy everything from soft drinks to fresh produce, supermarket banks would accept deposits, make loans, sell insurance, guide mergers and acquisitions, and underwrite stock and bond issues. The supermarket bank presented a radical departure from the financial industry as it stood, composed as it was of local savings and loans, commercial banks, investment banks, mutual funds, and insurance firms. Over the next four decades, through a process Rose describes as "grinding politics," supermarket banks became the guiding model of the financial industry. As the banking industry consolidated, it grew too large while remaining too fragmented and unwieldy for politicians to regulate and for regulators to understand—until, in 2008, those supermarket banks, such as Citigroup, needed federal help to survive and prosper once again. Rose explains the history of the financial industry as a story of individuals—some well-known, like Presidents Kennedy, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton; Treasury Secretaries Donald Regan and Timothy Geithner; and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon; and some less so, though equally influential, such as Kennedy's Comptroller of the Currency James J. Saxon, Citicorp CEO Walter Wriston, and Bank of America CEOs Hugh McColl and Kenneth Lewis. Rose traces the evolution of supermarket banks from the early days of the Kennedy administration, through the financial crisis of 2008, and up to the Trump administration's attempts to modify bank rules. Deeply researched and accessibly written, Market Rules demystifies the major trends in the banking industry and brings financial policy to life.

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : 9781317282693
ISBN-13 : 1317282698
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning by : Katrin B. Anacker

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary overview of contemporary trends in housing studies, housing policies, planning for housing, and housing innovations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. In 29 chapters, international scholars discuss aspects pertaining to the right to housing, inequality, homeownership, rental housing, social housing, senior housing, gentrification, cities and suburbs, and the future of housing policies. This book is essential reading for students, policy analysts, policymakers, practitioners, and activists, as well as others interested in housing policy and planning.