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Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe
- Title
- Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe / Xavier de Souza Briggs.
- Author
- De Souza Briggs, Xavier N.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Democracy and public problems -- Managing urban growth : the problem and its civics -- Rethinking the American West : a civic intermediary and the movement for "quality growth" in Utah -- The grassroots-to-grasstops dynamic : slum redevelopment and accountability in Mumbai -- The civics of economic restructuring -- The hyper-organized region : leading the next "new economy" in Pittsburgh -- Progressive regionalism and entrepreneurial government : democratization and competitive restructuring in the greater ABC, Brazil -- Leading change in child and youth well-being -- From the ballot box to better results : cross-sector accountability in the San Francisco children's movement -- Rights, conflict, and civic capacity : meeting the needs of poor children and families in postapartheid Cape Town -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-6003
- ISBN
- 9780262026413 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0262026414 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780262524858 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0262524856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007037630
- OCLC
- 173243759
- Author
- De Souza Briggs, Xavier N.
- Title
- Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe / Xavier de Souza Briggs.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-6003