- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 374 p.) : ill., maps.
- Uniform Title
- Democracy as problem solving (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Democracy as problem solving (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2007037630
- OCLC
- ssj0000136534
- Author
Briggs, Xavier de Souza.
- Title
Democracy as problem solving [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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