01685cam a2200265 a 4500 15006973 BD-DhUL 20160421185240.0 070914s2008 mauab b 001 0 eng 9780262026413 0262026414 9780262524858 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC BD-DhUL 321.8 BRD 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. ddc BK 57385 57385 0 0 ddc 0 321_800000000000000_BRD 0 NFIC 96374 DUL DUL GEN 2012-10-08 Purchased 321.8 BRD 475637 2016-04-21 2016-04-21 BK