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Informationen zum Autor Robert E. England is founding editor of the International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management, published by Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University. He spent the Fall 2015 semester as a visiting professor at Loyola University Chicago. John P. Pelissero is professor of political science and Interim President at Loyola University Chicago. He is the editor of Cities, Politics, and Policy: A Comparative Analysis (CQ Press, 2003). His most recent research on cities has appeared in Public Administration Review and Urban Affairs Review. David R. Morgan is professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, where he was the Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service and professor of political science. He spent five years in local government, including service as the first city manager of Yukon, Oklahoma. Klappentext In Managing Urban America, Eighth Edition, the authors guide students through the politics of urban management-doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods and services, responding to federal and state mandates, adapting to changing demographics, and coping with economic and budgetary challenges. This revision: highlights the difficulties cities confront as they deal with the lingering economic challenges of the 2008 Recession evaluates the concept of e-government, and offers numerous examples in both theory and practice considers environmental issues and the implications for urban government management includes new case studies, including some with a global perspective as the authors examine the management of international cities thoroughly updates all data and scholarship. Zusammenfassung Guides students through the politics of urban management—doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods and services, responding to federal and state mandates, adapting to changing demographics, and coping with economic and budgetary challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables, Figures, and Boxes Preface About the Authors Part One: The Environment of Urban Management Chapter 1: Managing American Cities in the Twenty-first Century Introduction: American Cities Continue to Change and Evolve How and Why American Cities Have Changed How Cities Have Improved Their Management Capacity The New Public Management Model: An Academic Response to REGO Systems Analysis and Local Policymaking Better Management Is Not Enough The Plan of the Book Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 2: Cities and the System of Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Intergovernmental Relations Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 3: Urban Political Structure The Reform Movement Forms of City Government Ballot Type Electoral Systems Home Rule and the Legal Status of the City Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Part Two: Managing Conflict and Delivering Goods and Services in the Modern City Chapter 4: Urban Policymaking The Nature of Urban Policy Chief Executives The City Council Bureaucrats and Policy Citizens¿ Influences on City Government Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 5: Urban Planning and Development The Nature of City Planning Planning in a Political Environment Planning Activities Urban Economic Development Organizing for and Managing Economic Development The Politics of Urban Development Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 6: Decision Making and Analysis Approaches to Decision Making Decision-Making Tooks Program Analysis and Other Systematic Approaches to Decision Making Summary Su...
