Since 1998, the Taubman Center has posted downloadable versions of its annual report on its web site. What follows is an index of articles that appeared in those reports with links to the report where they appeared.

The articles are sorted by the following categories:

Politics, Governance and Finance
Social Capital and Civic Engagement
Education and Governance
Real Estate and Urban Development
Emergency Preparedness
Labor-Management Relations in the Public Sector
Innovation in the Public Sector
Greater Boston Governance and Public Policy

Politics, Governance and Finance

• The Fiscal Crisis of the States (2005)
• The Skilled City (2005)
• Sustaining Boston's Renaissance (2005)
• From Food to Finance: What Makes Disclosure Policies Effective (2005)
• Governing by Network (2005)
• Crafting the National Incident Management System (2005)
• The Virtual State is Not a Virtual Corporation (2005)
• Treating Neighborhoods Seriously: A Minneapolis Experiment in Participatory Governance (2005)
• Briefly Noted: DNA and the Criminal Justice System (2005)
• Diversity and Community: Four Case Studies (2005)
• Making Participatory Democracy Work in the Real World (2004)
• Sprawl, Politics, and Civic Engagement (2004)
• The Public Role of Political Science (2004)
• Beyond Bowling Alone: Restoring America's Communities (2004)
• Changing International Patterns of Social Capital (2003)
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Social Capital and Civic Engagement

• E-Associations: Can Technology Reverse Declining Civic Engagement (2005)
• Treating Neighborhoods Seriously: A Minneapolis Experiment in Participatory Governance (2005)
• Briefly Noted: DNA and the Criminal Justice System (2005)
• Diversity and Community: Four Case Studies (2005)
• Mixing Up Race Politics: Behind States' Recognition of Multiracialism (2005)
• New Urbanism and Social Capital (2003)
• Social Capital in the Wake of 9/11 (2002)
• Government Performance and the Trust Deficit (2002)
• Remember the Parents: Communities and the Quest for Better Schools (2002)
• Social Capital Survey Reveals High Quality of Life in Connected Communities (2001)
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Education and Governance

• School Boards Besieged (2005)
• Briefly Noted: School Boards (2005)
• Power of the Voucher (2005)
• Teacher Unions and Innovation (2005)
• Parents, Choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act (2004)
• The Politics and Practice of School Accountability (2004)
• Tackling the Controversy over Voucher Research (2004)
• School District Consolidation and Student Outcomes (2004)
• What Next for Vouchers (2003)
• The Blaine Game: School Vouchers and State Constitutions (2003)
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Real Estate and Urban Development

• London's Bold Experiment with Congestion Pricing (2005)
• Briefly Noted: The Mythology of Rail Transit; and What Happened to New Towns? (2005)
• The Skilled City (2005)
• Sustaining Boston's Renaissance (2005)
• Briefly Noted: American Exceptionalism (2005)
• Boston Transit Expansions: Another Look Needed (2005)
• Boston at the Crossroads: Racial Trends in the Metropolitan Region (2005)
• Reinventing Urban America: Lessons from Boston (2004)
• How the Supreme Court Preserved Planning (2004)
• Sprawl and Minority Suburbanization (2004)
• More Articles

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Emergency Preparedness

• Crafting the National Incident Management System (2005)
• Protecting America’s Highways and Transit Systems from Terrorism (2004)
• The Politics of Domestic Preparedness (2003)
• Is Density Dangerous? (2003)
• Federalism and Homeland Security (2002)
• Not by Might Alone: Lawyers and the Fight Against Terrorism (2002)
• Lessons from Columbine (2001)
• Using Court Trials to Fight Terrorism (2001)
• The Threat of Domestic Terrorism (2000)
• The State-Local Role in Preparing for Domestic Terrorism (2000)
• New Initiative to Combat Domestic Terrorism (1999)

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Labor-Management Relations in the Public Sector

• Teacher Unions and Innovation (2005)
• Pay-for-Performance Systems Prompt More Questions than Answers (2004)
• When Quality Comes to the Public Sector (2000)
• Teacher Unions and Educational Reform (2000)
• Center to House Program on Labor-Management Relations (1999)

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Innovation in the Public Sector

• Teacher Unions and Innovation (2005)
• Improving Prisoner Reentry Programs (2004)
• Pay-for-Performance Salary Systems Prompt Many Questions (2004)
• What Makes Disclosure Policies Sustainable? (2003)
• Rizvi Brings International Experience to Institute Job (2003)
• KSG Establishes Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation (2003)
• What Makes Innovations Successful (2002)
• What New York Can Learn from Indianapolis (2002)
• Raising the Bar for Public-Sector Performance (2002)
• Ford Foundation Grant Establishes Institute for Government Innovation (2001)
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Greater Boston Governance and Public Policy

• The Skilled City (2005)
• Sustaining Boston's Economic Renaissance (2005)
• Boston Transit Expansions: Another Look Needed (2005)
• Needed Corrections: Strategies for Improving Massachusetts Prisons (2005)
• Boston at the Crossroads: Racial Trends in the Metropolitan Region (2005)
• Activity Mapping and Costing: KSG Students Help Somerville (2005)
• Reinventing Urban America: Lessons from Boston (2004)
• Power Plays: In Massachusetts, Home Rule Is More Myth Than Reality (2004)
• The ABCs of Business Leadership (2004)
• Overcoming Housing Barriers in Greater Boston (2003)
• More Articles

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