A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe
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
Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe
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
Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe
Briggs, Xavier de Souza (author)
2008
XIII, 374 S.
24cm
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
Book
English
Kinder , Südafrikanische Republik , Politische Beteiligung , Beispielhafte Fälle , Humanressourcen/Humankapital , Demokratie , Urbanisierung , Indien , Politische Partizipation , Stadtentwicklung , Brasilien , Vereinigte Staaten , Jugendhilfe/Kinderfürsorge , Demokratisierung , Community Development , San Francisco , Wirtschaftsstruktureller Wandel , Global Political participation , Community development , Democratization
A Review of “Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe”
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2010
A Review of Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe
| Online Contents | 2010