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A Bias For Practice: Stories Of Improvisation In Governance -- Challenges And Opportunities Of Street Level Democratization, Improvisation And Conflict -- Conflict As A Stage For Improvisation In Governance -- Developing Vision To Inform Demolition And Renovation In Vlardingen's Housing Association: A Profile Of Ellen Hiep -- From Oh My God, This Is Really Great. Now I Know What To Do! To Launching Small Initiatives, Going Step By Step: A Profile Of Simen Van Der Goot -- And No One, No One, Wants To Be Denied: Community Rebuilding After Disaster: A Profile Of Joop Hofman -- The Significance Of Building Relationships In Neighbourhood Work: A Profile Of Willem Giezeman -- Community Building In The Face Of Distrust: A Profile Of Tonie Boxman -- The Evolution Of The Amsterdam Think Tanks: A Profile Of Mercedes Zandwijken -- Social Imagination And Community Development: A Profile Of Frans Geraedts -- On Radicalization And Social Cohesion: The City Of Amsterdam's Responses To The Murder Of Theo Van Gogh Seen Through The Eyes Of Marian Visser And Joris Rijbroek -- Challenges Of Immigration, Radicalization, And Integration: A Profile Of Halime El Madkouri -- On Conflict, Community And Governance: A Profile Of Martien Kuitenbrouwer -- Managing Multiple Agency Collaboration And Multi-problem Families In Amsterdam: A Profile Of Erik Gerritsen -- There's Always A Way Out, And Finding It Together: A Profile Of Henri Kardaun -- Learning About How We Might Work Better Than We Do: A Profile Of Karin Van Doorn -- Making Participation Work: Seeing New Angles And Other Possibilities: A Profile Of Douwe Wielenga. David Laws And John Forester. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.