Democracy as problem solving [[electronic resource] ] : civic capacity in communities across the globe / / Xavier de Souza Briggs |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation
Democratization Community development |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-262-26929-5
1-4356-6534-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453478103321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe / / Xavier de Souza Briggs |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation
Democratization Community development |
Soggetto non controllato | SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General |
ISBN |
0-262-26929-5
1-4356-6534-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782112903321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe / / Xavier de Souza Briggs |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation
Democratization Community development |
ISBN |
0-262-26929-5
1-4356-6534-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822830503321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Moving to opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : the story of an American experiment to fight ghetto poverty / / Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin, John Goering |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.5/80973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PopkinSusan J
GoeringJohn M |
Soggetto topico |
Housing policy - United States
Urban poor - Government policy - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-988943-0
0-19-985275-8 1-282-50110-0 9786612501104 0-19-974186-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Places and Lives; 2 Ghetto Poverty Before and After Katrina; 3 Great Expectations and Muddling Through: Designing and Launching the Experiment; 4 The Unequal Geography of Opportunity; 5 Moving to Security; 6 When Your Neighborhood Is Not Your Community; 7 Struggling to Stay Out of High-Poverty Neighborhoods: Finding Good Housing; 8 Finding Good Schools; 9 Finding Work; 10 Lessons; Appendix: Studying Moving to Opportunity; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458804503321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Moving to opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : the story of an American experiment to fight ghetto poverty / / Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin, John Goering |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.5/80973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PopkinSusan J
GoeringJohn M |
Soggetto topico |
Housing policy - United States
Urban poor - Government policy - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-988943-0
0-19-985275-8 1-282-50110-0 9786612501104 0-19-974186-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Places and Lives; 2 Ghetto Poverty Before and After Katrina; 3 Great Expectations and Muddling Through: Designing and Launching the Experiment; 4 The Unequal Geography of Opportunity; 5 Moving to Security; 6 When Your Neighborhood Is Not Your Community; 7 Struggling to Stay Out of High-Poverty Neighborhoods: Finding Good Housing; 8 Finding Good Schools; 9 Finding Work; 10 Lessons; Appendix: Studying Moving to Opportunity; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792364503321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Moving to opportunity : the story of an American experiment to fight ghetto poverty / / Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin, John Goering |
Autore | Briggs Xavier de Souza |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.5/80973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PopkinSusan J
GoeringJohn M |
Soggetto topico |
Housing policy - United States
Urban poor - Government policy - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-988943-0
0-19-985275-8 1-282-50110-0 9786612501104 0-19-974186-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Places and Lives; 2 Ghetto Poverty Before and After Katrina; 3 Great Expectations and Muddling Through: Designing and Launching the Experiment; 4 The Unequal Geography of Opportunity; 5 Moving to Security; 6 When Your Neighborhood Is Not Your Community; 7 Struggling to Stay Out of High-Poverty Neighborhoods: Finding Good Housing; 8 Finding Good Schools; 9 Finding Work; 10 Lessons; Appendix: Studying Moving to Opportunity; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816475103321 |
Briggs Xavier de Souza | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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