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 d
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-man
The burden of addressing the problems of urban society fall increasingly on cities as the federal government cuts back domestic spending. This book examines the
"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 wor
In their book, Managing America's Small Communities, David Folz and P. Edward French examine the relevant trends, executive behavior, service quality, and servi