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If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities

Categorie	Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer	#429774-XC50
Titel	If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Auteur	Barber, Benjamin R.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2013
ISBN10	030016467X
ISBN13	9780300164671
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original grey boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	"In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time--climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and people--the nations of the world seem paralyzed. The problems are too big for governments to deal with. Benjamin Barber contends that cities, and the mayors who run them, can do and are doing a better job than nations. He cites the unique qualities cities worldwide share: pragmatism, civic trust, participation, indifference to borders and sovereignty, and a democratic penchant for networking, creativity, innovation, and cooperation. He demonstrates how city mayors, singly and jointly, are responding to transnational problems more effectively than nation-states mired in ideological infighting and sovereign rivalries. The book features profiles of a dozen may... (Lees verder)ors around the world, making a persuasive case that the city is democracy's best hope in a globalizing world, and that great mayors are already proving that this is so"--
Pagina's	416
Conditie	Goed — Old price tag on back cover dust jacket.
Prijs	€ 10,00

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