If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities

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Label

If mayors ruled the world : dysfunctional nations, rising cities

Title remainder

dysfunctional nations, rising cities

Statement of responsibility

Benjamin R. Barber

Creator

• Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-2017

Author

• Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-2017

Subject

• Comparative government -- Case studies
• Mayors
• Mayors -- Case studies
• Municipal government
• Case studies
• Political leadership
• Political leadership -- Case studies
• Municipal government -- Case studies
• Comparative government

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

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. 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 mayors 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"-

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

320.8/5

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography