If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities .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. Cities and the mayors who run them can do and are doing a be
| TITLE | : | If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities |
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| RATING | : | 4.74 (665 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0300209320 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| PAGES | : | 472 Pages |
| PUBLISH | : | 2014-09-30 |
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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, too interdependent, too divisive for the nation-state. Is the nation-state, once democracy's best hope, today democratically dysfunctional? Obsolete? The answer, says Benjamin Barber in this highly provocative and original book, is yes. Cities and the mayors who run them can do and are doing a better job.
Editorial : "A provocative look at how cities can and do lead from the front in addressing the most pressing issues of our time."—Michael R. Bloomberg, 108th Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg LP
The book is elaborately, even tediously, documented; but the source notes are in the back, so as not to distract from the text notes. It's a good book if you like looking at pretty pictures of famous and some not so famous rock stars, but skip reading it.. That alone made mu research much easier than I had anticipated. You don't just read a Barber book to feel like you are informed.
You read a Barber book to have your "comfort zone" challenged and to actually be compelled to do some critical thinking. If you want to get up and running with Excel skills that will help you improve your productivity on your job or for your business, this book has much to offer. If you don't believe that, you are wearing blinders because mental illness is an ever increasing problem, war or no war." Mac dazzles readers by challenging all organized religions, belief in god, education, evolution, the
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