If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities / Benjamin R. Barber.
If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities / Benjamin R. Barber.
If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities / Benjamin R. Barber.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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G 2014/3172
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 416 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
If mayors ruled the world : why they should and how they already do -- Profile 1 : mayor of the world, Michael Bloomberg of New York -- The land of lost content : virtue and vice in the life of the city -- Profile 2 : the incorruptible as artist, Leoluca Orlando of Palermo -- The city and democracy...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"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. H...
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If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities / Benjamin R. Barber.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/3172
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74VKvmB54eWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvmB54eWd
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ISBN
030016467X (hardback)
9780300164671 (hardback)
DDC
320.85
MMS ID
991021464119702626
