| Description |
xii, 426 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
ASPA classics |
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ASPA classics.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Relations Between Elected Officials and Professional Staff -- 1. The Manager Is a Politician / Karl A. Bosworth -- 2. The City Manager: Professional Helping Hand, or Political Hired Hand? / Richard J. Stillman II -- 3. The Mayor as a Policy Leader in the Council-Manager Form of Government: A View from the Field / Nelson Wikstrom -- 4. Dichotomy and Duality: Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Policy and Administration in Council-Manager Cities / James H. Svara -- 5. City Managers: Will They Reject Policy Leadership? / James M. Banovetz -- 6. A Case for Reinterpreted Dichotomy of Politics and Administration as a Professional Standard in Council-Manager Government / Robert S. Montjoy and Douglas J. Watson -- 7. The Shifting Boundary Between Elected Officials and City Managers in Large Council-Manager Cities / James H. Svara -- Pt. 2. Using Tax Dollars Wisely: Budgeting and Financial Management -- 8. Financial Management: A Balancing Act for Local Government Chief Financial Officers / W. Bartley Hildreth -- 9. Budget Reform and Political Reform: Conclusions from Six Cities / Irene S. Rubin -- 10. Budgetary Balance: The Norm, Concept, and Practice in Large U.S. Cities / Carol W. Lewis -- 11. Analyzing How Local Governments Establish Service Priorities / Aimee L. Franklin and Brandi Carberry-George -- 12. State and Local Governments as Borrowers: Strategic Choices and the Capital Market / W. Bartley Hildreth -- 13. Litigation Costs, Budget Impacts, and Cost Containment Strategies: Evidence from California Cities / Susan A. MacManus -- Pt. 3. The Changing World of Public Personnel Management -- 14. Municipal Government Personnel Systems: A Test of Two Archetypical Models / Siegrun Fox Freyss -- 15. Affirmative Action in Municipal Government: Anatomy of a Failure / Steve Ballard and Gayle Lawn-Day -- 16. Explaining the Tenure of Local Government Managers / Richard Feiock and Christopher Stream -- 17. What Municipal Employees Want from Their Jobs Versus What They Are Getting / Carole L. Jurkiewicz and Tom K. Massey -- 18. Managerial Responses to an Aging Municipal Workforce / Jonathan P. West and Evan M. Berman -- 19. Performance Appraisal Practices for Upper Management in City Governments / David N. Ammons and Arnold Rodriguez -- 20. Values Management in Local Government / Evan M. Berman and Jonathan P. West -- Pt. 4. Making Local Governments More Productive and Responsive -- 21. Issues in Productivity Measurement for Local Governments / Harry P. Hatry -- 22. Improving the Goal-Setting Process in Local Government / Louise G. White -- 23. Strategies for Management of Decline and Productivity Improvement in Local Government / Richard G. Higgins, Jr. -- 24. Applying Strategic Decision Making in Local Government / Gregory Streib -- 25. Implementing TQM in Local Government: The Leadership Challenge / Jonathan P. West, Evan M. Berman and Michael E. Milakovich -- 26. The Re-ing of Local Government: Understanding and Shaping Governmental Change / Herbert A. Marlowe, Jr., Ronald Nyhan, Lawrence W. Arrington and William J. Pammer -- Pt. 5. Citizen Involvement: Opportunities for Participation -- 27. Gender and Local Government: A Comparison of Women and Men City Managers / Richard L. Fox and Robert A. Schuhmann -- 28. The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: The Case of City Managers / Paul Teske and Mark Schneider -- 29. Dealing with Cynical Citizens / Evan M. Berman -- 30. Standards of Excellence: U.S. Residents' Evaluations of Local Government Services / Thomas I. Miller and Michelle A. Miller |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Local government.
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| Author |
Hassett, Wendy L.
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Watson, Douglas J.
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| LC no. |
2003000340 |
| ISBN |
0765611279 (cased) |
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0765611287 (paperback) |
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