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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Démocraties métropolitaines Démocraties métropolitaines Booth, Philip,Bernard Jouve xvi, 335 p. : 23 cm OL19172595W
Gestión urbana y cambio institucional Gestión urbana y cambio institucional Emilio Duhau,Antonio Azuela "Collaborative effort consists of papers and debates presented at a colloquium held in Tlazcala between French and Mexican social scientists. Works are divided into three general themes: supply and d… OL19438401W
Machine made Machine made Terry Golway A journalist, historian, and expert on the Irish American experience tackles the common stereotypes and presents a revisionist version of the notoriously crooked Tammany Hall, describing the crucial … OL19706741W
Divided cities Divided cities Annika Björkdahl,Lisa Strömbom "Very rarely has peace and conflict studies been combined with public administration research. "Divided cities: governing diversity" brings together theories from conflict resolution, public administ… OL22938969W
Associational life in African cities Associational life in African cities Arne Tostensen,Inge Tvedten,Mariken Vaa The 17 essays in this volume focus on the multitude of voluntary associations to have emerged in African cities in recent years. Recurrent themes include the contexts in which people have organised t… OL24441602W
Boston halts workforce growth Boston halts workforce growth Boston Municipal Research Bureau ...reports on the reduction in spending on the city-funded workforce; looks at city departments, Boston Public Schools, grant funds, early retirement inventives, and personal services costs... OL24914536W
Politics and policy in states and communities Politics and policy in states and communities John J. Harrigan xiii, 501 p. : 23 cm OL482802W
Metropolitan City Governance in India Metropolitan City Governance in India Marina R Pinto "The process of urbanisation in a developing country is both inevitable and rapid. The Census of 1991 placed India's urban population at 217.17 million, an increase of 247 per cent over the 1957 Cens… OL9499776W