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022			_aBarber, Benjamin R
082			_a320.85 _bBAR
100			_aBarber, Benjamin R
245			_aMayors ruled the world: dysfunctional nations, rising cities _cby Benjamin R. Barber.
260			_aLondon _bYale University press _c2013
300			_axv, 416 p. : 25 cm
500			_aIncluding bibliographical notes and index
520			_a"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"
650			_aAdministration publique
650			_aAnalyse comparative
650			_aOverseas item
650			_aInternational comparisons
650			_aPolitical leadership
650			_aMunicipal government
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