More Than Mayor Or Manager

More Than Mayor Or Manager
Author: James H. Svara
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2010-12-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1589017099

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. --

History and Analysis of the Commission and City Manager Plans of Municipal Government in the United States

History and Analysis of the Commission and City Manager Plans of Municipal Government in the United States
Author: Tso-Shuen Chang
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2016-05-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781355995753

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The Facilitative Leader in City Hall

The Facilitative Leader in City Hall
Author: James H. Svara
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1420068326

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.