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Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe
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Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe

Author: Xavier de Souza Briggs
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Xavier de Souza Briggs
ISBN: 9780262026413 0262026414 9780262524858 0262524856
OCLC Number: 173243759
Description: xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Xavier de Souza Briggs.
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