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Civic Leadership

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A Demonstration That School-Based Required Service Does Not Deter – But Heightens – Volunteerism
A Golden Age of Philanthropy? The Impact of the Great Wealth Transfer on Greater Boston
A Seat at the Table? Racial/Ethnic & Gender Diversity on Corporate, Hospital, Education, Cultural & State Boards
A Study of the Contexts Within Which Urban Vacant Land is Accessed for Community Open Space
Accountability and Leadership at the School Level: Elementary Principals' Efforts to Improve Teaching and Learning
Attachments, Grievances, Resources, and Efficacy: The Determinants of Tenant Association Participation Among Public Housing Tenants
Bringing Smart Growth to Massachusetts: Douglas Foy and the Office for Commonwealth Development
Citizen Participation and Local Governmental Choice in Local Environmental Controversies
Civic Leadership and the Big Dig
Community Health Centers' Impact on the Political and Economic Environment
Community Policing and Youth as Assets
Creating Communities of Learning: Public Education in Greater Boston
End of a Miracle? Crime, Faith, and Partnership in Boston in the 1990s
Geography and Generosity: Boston and Beyond
House by House, Block by Block
Immigrants, Sustainability and Emerging Roles for Universities
Keeping Policy Churn Off the Agenda: Urban Education and Civic Capacity
Mayoral Influence, New Regimes, and Public School Governance
Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor - A Unique Environmental Success Story
Protestant-Catholic-Buddhist: Korean Americans and Religious Adaptation in Greater Boston
Punishing Not-for-Profit: Implications of Nonprofit Privatization in Juvenile Punishment
Report of the 2004 Boston Youth Survey
Smart Growth: Education, Skilled Workers, and the Future of Cold-Weather Cities
Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood
Striking a Responsive Chord: How Political Ads Motivate and Persuade Voters by Appealing to Emotions
Supporting Education Reform: Mayoral and Corporate Paths (Boston and Pittsburgh)
The Economic Impact of Eight Research Universities on the Boston Region
The North American Naturalization Gap: An Institutional Approach to Citizenship Acquisition in the United States and Canada
The Origins of Women's Activism: New York and Boston, 1797-1840
The Role of Community Involvement in Implementing Living Wage Ordinances
Urban Planning, Community Participation, and the Roxbury Master Plan in Boston
Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

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