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100	1		_aBriggs, Xavier de Souza.
245	1	0	_aDemocracy as problem solving : _bcivic capacity in communities across the globe / _cXavier de Souza Briggs.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2008.
300			_axiii, 374 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
650		0	_aPolitical participation.
650		0	_aDemocratization.
650		0	_aCommunity development.
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