Briggs, Xavier de Souza.
Democracy as problem solving civic capacity in communities across the globe / [electronic resource] : Xavier de Souza Briggs. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA889302 bnb
Uk
Political participation.
Democratization.
Community development.
Electronic books.
JF799 / .D42 2008eb
321.8
Democracy as problem solving civic capacity in communities across the globe / [electronic resource] : Xavier de Souza Briggs. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA889302 bnb
Uk
Political participation.
Democratization.
Community development.
Electronic books.
JF799 / .D42 2008eb
321.8