02181cam a2200361 a 4500 15006973 20141010094422.0 070914s2008 mauab b 001 0 eng 2007037630 GBA889302 bnb 014669646 Uk 978-0262026413 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0262026414 (hbk. : alk. paper) 978-0262524858 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262524856 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)173243759 (OCoLC)ocn173243759 LC PUL DLC JF 799 .D42 2008 Briggs, Xavier de Souza. Democracy as problem solving: Civic capacity in communities across the globe. 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. Political participation. Democratization. Community development. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007037630.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 25056 25056 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2014-10-10 Books For Africa 2100.00 0 JF 799 .D42 2008 2014-3578 2015-07-01 00:00:00 C1 2014-10-10 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2014-10-10 Books For Africa 2100.00 0 JF 799 .D42 2008 2014-3579 2015-07-01 00:00:00 C2 2014-10-10 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUNBI PUNBI GEN 2014-10-10 Books For Africa 2100.00 0 JF 799 .D42 2008 2014-3580 2014-10-10 00:00:00 C3 2014-10-10 BK