More than Mayor or Manager - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook More than Mayor or Manager write by James H. Svara. This book was released on 2010-11-23. More than Mayor or Manager available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Different forms of city government are in widespread use across the United States. The two most common structures are the mayor-council form and the council-manager form. In many large U.S. cities, there have been passionate movements to change the structure of city governments and equally intense efforts to defend an existing structure. Charter change (or preservation) is supported to solve problems such as legislative gridlock, corruption, weak executive leadership, short-range policies, or ineffective delivery of services. Some of these cities changed their form of government through referendum while other cities chose to retain the form in use. More than Mayor or Manager offers in-depth case studies of fourteen large U.S. cities that have considered changing their form of government over the past two decades: St. Petersburg, Florida; Spokane, Washington; Hartford, Connecticut; Richmond, Virginia; San Diego, California; Oakland, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; El Paso, Texas; Topeka, Kansas; St. Louis, Missouri; and Portland, Oregon. The case studies shed light on what these constitutional contests teach us about different forms of government—the causes that support movements for change, what the advocates of change promised, what is at stake for the nature of elected and professional leadership and the relationship between leaders, and why some referendums succeeded while others failed. This insightful volume will be of special interest to leaders and interest groups currently considering or facing efforts to change the form of government as well as scholars in the field of urban studies.
More Than Mayor Or Manager
More Than Mayor Or Manager - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook More Than Mayor Or Manager write by James H. Svara. This book was released on 2010-12-02. More Than Mayor Or Manager available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than Mayor or Manager offers in-depth case studies of fourteen large U.S. cities that have considered changing their form of government over the past two decades. The case studies shed light on what these constitutional contests teach us about different forms of governmentùthe causes that support movements for change, what the advocates of change promised, what is at stake for the nature of elected and professional leadership and the relationship between leaders, and why some referendums succeeded while others failed. --
If Mayors Ruled the World
If Mayors Ruled the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook If Mayors Ruled the World write by Benjamin R. Barber. This book was released on 2013-11-05. If Mayors Ruled the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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"--
The Facilitative Leader in City Hall
The Facilitative Leader in City Hall - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Facilitative Leader in City Hall write by James H. Svara. This book was released on 2008-12-09. The Facilitative Leader in City Hall available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Providing a critical examination of government in American cities, this volume presents the innovative view that mayors in council-manager cities are better positioned to develop positive leadership than their peers in mayor-council cities. This book develops a deeper understanding of city government institutions with an examination of groundbreaking conceptual model of leadership and how it relates to local government forms. Based on the observation of mayors who have served in the past decade in cities ranging in size from 1500 to 1.5 million, fourteen case studies evaluate factors that contribute to effective leadership and highlight emerging issues faced by today‘s cities.
The Adapted City
The Adapted City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Adapted City write by H. George Frederickson. This book was released on 2004. The Adapted City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work considers how and why cities change their governing arrangements - and the implications for cities of the future. It provides case studies that show how actual cities have changed and adapted their structure to fit changing times and citizen demands.
