MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007037630
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008 070914s2008 mauab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aJF799$b.D42 2008
082 00 $a321.8$222
100 1 $aDe Souza Briggs, Xavier N.
245 10 $aDemocracy as problem solving :$bcivic capacity in communities across the globe /$cXavier de Souza Briggs.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bMIT Press,$cc2008.
300 $axiii, 374 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aPolitical participation.
650 0 $aDemocratization.
650 0 $aCommunity development.