Democracy as problem solving civic capacity in communities across the globe /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.