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Wright uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the effects of neighborhood structural characteristics and intervening social mechanisms of collective efficacy, social ties, culture, and disorder on intimate partner violence victimization among females. She finds that partner violence is not solely an individual-level phenomenon and that the mechanisms identified by social disorganization theory appear to explain neighborhood influences on intimate partner violence. In particular, neighborhood concentrated immigration, collective efficacy, social ties

"How do societies achieve a level of complexity, coordination, and social intelligence that far surpasses the capacity of individual human intelligence? Emily Chamlee-Wright addresses this question in the context of civil society generally, in which we cannot always rely on market prices to guide our way"--EBL.

Wright uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the effects of neighborhood structural characteristics and intervening social mechanisms of collective efficacy, social ties, culture, and disorder on intimate partner violence victimization among females. She finds that partner violence is not solely an individual-level phenomenon and that the mechanisms identified by social disorganization theory appear to explain neighborhood influences on intimate partner violence. In particular, neighborhood concentrated immigration, collective efficacy, social ties.

Chalmlee-Wright argues that international aid programmes have often been unsuccessful because they are imported. The economics of the Austrian School provide a far stronger theoretical framework which can introduce cultural analysis into questions of economic development and other market processes.

Argues that the slow pace of post-Katrina recovery in New Orleans is primarily due to "signal noise" created by government policies & programs that have inhibited the re-establishment of social & economic systems that coordinate people's daily lives. Residents of the devastated city have been seeking signals to help them determine how to spend their time & resources, including signals about who is coming back, when they are coming, & what services will be provided. It is contended that these signals have been made difficult to read by the "signal noise" created by disaster-relief policies, redevelopment planning, & government management of flood protection & insurance programs. An examination of successful rebuilding efforts in other Gulf Coast communities emphasizes how civil & commercial society is providing the signals needed for a vigorous recovery. The policy implications are discussed & suggestions are offered for ways to minimize the distortions caused by government intervention. References. J. Lindroth

The microfinance movement has gained tremendous popularity over the past 30 years, but it is still far from meeting its full potential. The industry stands at a crossroads between increased commercialisation and increased philanthropic aid. Standard economic discourse does little to resolve the debate. F. A. Hayek's concept of the'extended order' sheds new light on how we might understand the future development of microfinance.