| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Democracy as problem solving/ Xavier de Souza Briggs. |
| Reminder of title: |
civic capacity in communities across the globe / |
| Author: |
De Souza Briggs, Xavier N. |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :MIT Press, : c2008., |
| Description: |
xiii, 374 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Community development. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=236213An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
1435665341 (electronic bk.) |