In the field of corporate rebranding, which is an emerging area of research, the literature
consists largely of descriptive case studies that are scattered across diverse contexts. These …

Robust literatures separately estimate school effects and neighborhood effects on children's
educational, economic, health, and other outcomes that measure well-being. A growing …

Urban education and its contexts have changed in powerful ways. Old paradigms are being
eclipsed by global forces of privatization and markets and new articulations of race, class …

Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban
districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations …

Market theory positions the consumer as a rational choice actor, making informed schooling
choices on the basis of 'hard'evidence of relative school effectiveness. Yet there are …

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose
transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard …

White flight from urban public schools has been well documented, but little attention has
been paid to middle-class reinvestment in urban schools. This article combines findings from …

As cities strive to protect vulnerable residents from climate risks and impacts, recent studies
have identified a challenging link between these measures and gentrification processes that …

Middle‐class flight from urban public schools to suburban districts or private schools is a key
source of educational inequality. Recently, however, a number of studies have focused on …

The authors situate the emergence and effects of contemporary market-based reforms within
a framework of urban political economy that centers on racial inequality. They discuss how …