Democracy as problem solving
Subtitle: civic capacity in communities across the globe
By: Xavier de Souza Briggs.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780262026413; 9780262524858
Subjects: Political participation; Democratization; Community development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Democracy and public problems; title: Managing urban growth : the problem and its civics; title: Rethinking the American West : a civic intermediary and the movement for "quality growth" in Utah; title: The grassroots-to-grasstops dynamic : slum redevelopment and accountability in Mumbai; title: The civics of economic restructuring; title: The hyper-organized region : leading the next "new economy" in Pittsburgh; title: Progressive regionalism and entrepreneurial government : democratization and competitive restructuring in the greater ABC, Brazil; title: Leading change in child and youth well-being; title: From the ballot box to better results : cross-sector accountability in the San Francisco children's movement; title: Rights, conflict, and civic capacity : meeting the needs of poor children and families in postapartheid Cape Town; title: Conclusion.