Screen LibraryDemocracy as problem solving：civic capacity in communities across the globe
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MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 374 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780262026413 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0262026414 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780262524858 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262524856 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D082 |
| CLC: | D082 |
| Call Number: | D082/B854 |
| Contents: |
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 ... |