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Informationen zum Autor Richard M. Flanagan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Professor Flanagan holds a doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University. 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
