TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Souza Briggs,Xavier N.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Democracy as problem solving: civic capacity in communities across the globe 
AV  - JF799 .D42 2008eb
U1  - 321.8 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Community development
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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