Conflict, improvisation, governance : street level practices for urban democracy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laws, David (Author)
Group Author: Forester, John, 1948-
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: New York, NY , London :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The RTPI library series
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Carrier Form: xii, 371 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781138025684 (hardcover) :
1138025682 (hardcover)
9781138025677 (paperback)
1138025674 (paperback)
9781315774954 (electronic book)
Index Number: JS5963
CLC: D756.332
Call Number: D756.332/L425
Contents: A bias for practice : stories of improvisation in governance -- Challenges and opportunities of street level democratization, improvisation and conflict -- Conflict as a stage for improvisation in governance -- Developing vision to inform demolition and renovation in Vlardingen's housing association : a profile of Ellen Hiep -- From "oh my God, this is really great. Now I know what to do!" to launching small initiatives, going step by step : a profile of Simen van der Goot -- "And no one, no one, wants to be denied" : community rebuilding after disaster : a profile of Joop Hofman -- The significance of building relationships in neighbourhood work : a profile of Willem Giezeman -- Community building in the face of distrust : a profile of Tonie Boxman -- The evolution of the Amsterdam think tanks : a profile of Mercedes Zandwijken -- Social imagination and community development : a profile of Frans Geraedts -- On radicalization and social cohesion : the city of Amsterdam's responses to the murder of Theo van Gogh seen through the eyes of Marian Visser and Joris Rijbroek -- Challenges of immigration, radicalization, and integration : a profile of Halime el Madkouri -- On conflict, community and governance : a profile of Martien Kuitenbrouwer -- Managing multiple agency collaboration and "multi-problem families" in Amsterdam : a profile of Erik Gerritsen -- There's always a way out, and finding it together : a profile of Henri Kardaun -- Learning about how we might work better than we do : a profile of Karin van Doorn -- Making participation work : seeing new angles and other possibilities : a profile of Douwe Wielenga.