Background
Briggs, Xavier N. de Souza was born on November 30, 1968 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Nevin Briggs and Angela Ann.
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe
( Complexity, division, mistrust, and "process paralysis"...)
Complexity, division, mistrust, and "process paralysis" can thwart leaders and others when they tackle local challenges. In Democracy as Problem Solving, Xavier de Souza Briggs shows how civic capacity -- the capacity to create and sustain smart collective action -- can be developed and used. In an era of sharp debate over the conditions under which democracy can develop while broadening participation and building community, Briggs argues that understanding and building civic capacity is crucial for strengthening governance and changing the state of the world in the process. More than managing a contest among interest groups or spurring deliberation to reframe issues, democracy can be what the public most desires: a recipe for significant progress on important problems. Briggs examines efforts in six cities, in the United States, Brazil, India, and South Africa, that face the millennial challenges of rapid urban growth, economic restructuring, and investing in the next generation. These challenges demand the engagement of government, business, and nongovernmental sectors. And the keys to progress include the ability to combine learning and bargaining continuously, forge multiple forms of accountability, and find ways to leverage the capacity of the grassroots and what Briggs terms the "grasstops," regardless of who initiates change or who participates over time. Civic capacity, Briggs shows, can -- and must -- be developed even in places that lack traditions of cooperative civic action.
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe (Hardback) - Common
(Case studies from around the world and theoretical discus...)
Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act collectively on local problems can be developed, strengthening democracy while changing social and economic outcomes.
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe by Briggs, Xavier de Souza (2008) Paperback
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Xavier N. de Souza Briggs
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Xavier N. de Souza Briggs, American federal official, sociology professor, writer. Rotary scholar, Brazil, 1990, National Science Foundation Research Fellow, 1994. Fellow: American Sociological Association; member: American Planning Association (co-chair housing and neighborhood revitalization committee 1994-1995), Sociedad Interamericana de Planificacion, American Educational Research Association.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Stanford University, 1989. Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Education, Columbia University, 1996.
Career
Instructor Stanford University School Engineering, Palo Alto, California, 1986-1988. Planner Moore Iacotano Goltsman, Berkeley, 1989. Environmental consultant Electrical engineer&G, Miami, 1990-1991.
Special assistant to president Miami-Dade Community College, 1992. Founder Planning By Design, New York City, 1993. Public policy faculty member John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University.
Acting assistant secretary for policy development & research United States Department Housing & Urban Development, 1998—1999. Associate professor sociology and urban planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 2005. Associate director general government programs Office Management & Budget (Office of Management and Budget), Executive Office of the President, Washington, since 2009.
Adviser Rockefeller Foundation, World Bank. Member Roundtable on Community Change Aspen Institute.
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe (Hardback) - Common
(Case studies from around the world and theoretical discus...)
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe
( Complexity, division, mistrust, and "process paralysis"...)
- Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe by Briggs, Xavier de Souza (2008) Paperback
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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe (Hardback) - Common
Membership
Fellow: American Sociological Association. Member: American Planning Association (co-chair housing and neighborhood revitalization committee 1994-1995), Sociedad Interamericana de Planificacion, American Educational Research Association.
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Married Cynthia de Souza Briggs.
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American
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1986 - 1988
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1989
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