Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership

Informationen zum Autor By Richard M. Flanagan Klappentext Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership examines twelve case studies of mayoral leadership in seven cities, from the New Deal era to the beginning of the 21st century. Zusammenfassung Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership examines twelve case studies of mayoral leadership in seven cities! from the New Deal era to the beginning of the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Bringing the Mayors Back In Chapter 5 City Hall Powerhouses: The Politics of Reconstruction Chapter 6 City Hall Masters: Reconstructive Variations Chapter 7 Conflict and Crisis at City Hall: The Politics of Preemption Chapter 8 Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York: The Case of Preemptive Greatness Chapter 9 The Modern American Mayoralty Chapter 10 Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard M. Flanagan, Flanagan Richard M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2004
• EAN: 9780761828952
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2895-2
• No. of pages: 217
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government