Reinventing the Austin City Council

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments 

Introduction: The Best Place to Live in America? 
1. How Austin Became the City It Is Today . . . and What the City Council Had to Do with It 
2 .Austin and the Long Road to City Council Districts 
3. The Impact of Council Electoral Change 
Conclusion: Looking below the Surface . . . and Forward 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index

About the author

Ann O'M. Bowman is a Professor of Government in the Department of Public Service and Administration in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and holds the Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair.  She is the co-author of several books including State and Local Government  and Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies.

Summary

"Reinventing the Austin City Council explores Austin's reluctance to alter its longstanding electoral system of at-large city council districts, its eventual decision to do so, and the consequences of this change"--

Product details

• Authors: Ann O. Bowman, Ann O'M Bowman, Ann O'M. Bowman
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781439919996
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-1999-6
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Plac: Political Lessons from A; PLAC: Political Lessons from American Cities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education