LEADER 03946nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910781065303321 005 20230501180427.0 010 $a1-282-53163-8 010 $a9786612531637 010 $a1-4008-3563-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835638 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007424 035 $a(EBL)485790 035 $a(OCoLC)593295817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10288110 035 $a(PQKB)10292762 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36448 035 $a(DE-B1597)446353 035 $a(OCoLC)979779663 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485790 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367249 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485790 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007424 100 $a20030722h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpowered participation $ereinventing urban democracy /$fArchon Fung 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxford :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2004. 210 4$aŠ2004 215 $a1 online resource (x, 278 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-11535-4 311 0 $a0-691-12608-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$t1. Democracy as a Reform Strategy --$t2. Down to the Neighborhoods --$t3. Building Capacity and Accountability --$t4. Challenges to Participation --$t5. Deliberation and Poverty --$t6. Deliberation in Social Conflict --$t7. The Chicago Experience and Beyond --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aEvery month in every neighborhood in Chicago, residents, teachers, school principals, and police officers gather to deliberate about how to improve their schools and make their streets safer. Residents of poor neighborhoods participate as much or more as those from wealthy ones. All voices are heard. Since the meetings began more than a dozen years ago, they have led not only to safer streets but also to surprising improvements in the city's schools. Chicago's police department and school system have become democratic urban institutions unlike any others in America. Empowered Participation is the compelling chronicle of this unprecedented transformation. It is the first comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, the book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime and transform a failing city school system into a model for educational reform. The author's conclusion: Properly designed and implemented institutions of participatory democratic governance can spark citizen involvement that in turn generates innovative problem-solving and public action. Their participation makes organizations more fair and effective. Though the book focuses on Chicago's municipal agencies, its lessons are applicable to many American cities. Its findings will prove useful not only in the fields of education and law enforcement, but also to sectors as diverse as environmental regulation, social service provision, and workforce development. 606 $aPolitical participation$zIllinois$zChicago$vCase studies 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a352.16 700 $aFung$b Archon$f1968-$01525829 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781065303321 996 $aEmpowered participation$93767443 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03607nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910784929903321 005 20230725024614.0 010 $a1-136-95358-2 010 $a1-282-73295-1 010 $a1-78034-762-6 010 $a9786612732959 010 $a0-203-84918-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035563 035 $a(EBL)557265 035 $a(OCoLC)664232460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425683 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425683 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10370996 035 $a(PQKB)11010758 035 $a(OCoLC)671655822 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557265 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10413214 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL273295 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035563 100 $a20101015d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe politics of water$b[electronic resource] $ea survey /$feditors, Kai Wegerich and Jeroen Warner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85743-585-0 311 $a1-85743-339-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; The Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Essays; Is water politics? Towards international water relations; The politics of sharing water: International law, sovereignty, and transboundary rivers and aquifers; The multi-level governance of water and state-building processes: A longue dure?e perspective; Hydrosolidarity as water security in the Okavango River Basin; Transboundary water interaction: Reconsidering conflict and co-operation; Hydro-hegemonic politics: A crossroads on the Euphrates-Tigris? 327 $aThe politics of water and mining in South AfricaWater rights politics; The politics of gender in water and the gender of water politics; Rural poverty reduction: What's irrigation got to do with it?; A-Z Glossary; International River Basins; Aral Sea (Amu Darya and Syr Darya); Colorado-Rio Grande-Tijuana; Danube; Euphrates-Tigris; Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna basins; Indus; Jordan basin; La Plata; Mekong; Murray-Darling; Nile basin; Okavango; Rhine; Maps; Statistics 330 $aThis authoritative reference work gives timely information on the global politics of water. Readers will find case studies on a variety of complex water situations, from the Okavango River that flows through Angola, Namibia and Botswana, to the Euphrates-Tigris of the Upper Persian Gulf. With the current threat of climate change and increasing demand on water resources, the book gives valuable insight into an increasingly politicized topic. Politics of Water is a welcome addition to Routledge's extensive The Politics of ... reference series.Readers will benefit from: