| Description |
1 online resource (171 pages) |
| Series |
Cities and regions, 1027-1007 ; v. 4 |
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Cities and regions ; v. 4
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Series; Preface; Acknowledgments; Key to Transcripts and Quotations; 1 Warsaw -- A Chronotope; 2 Metro Carries You to the Past and into the Future; 3 Pure, Live Water; 4 Rich, Parsimonious and Thrifty; 5 An Intense Translating Program; 6 On Oblivion and Hybrid Organizing; References; Index |
| Summary |
Management of big cities is a relatively unresearched area, as compared to city planning and city governance. A study of Warsaw city management reveals the transformation process typically found in European countries in political and economic transition. In A City Reframed, Czarniawska conceptualises city management as an ""action-net"" under transformation, where three types of action are in focus: ""muddling through"", or coping with daily problems; ""reframing"", or changing the frame of interpretation of the world in order to take successful action; and ""anchoring"", the testing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- Poland -- Warsaw
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Urban renewal -- Poland -- Warsaw
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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City planning
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Urban renewal
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Poland -- Warsaw
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134433810 |
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1134433816 |
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9781134433742 |
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1134433743 |
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9781315080048 |
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1315080044 |
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9781134433889 |
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1134433883 |
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