More than mayor or manager : campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities / editors, James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson.

Different forms of city government are in widespread use across the United States. The two most common structures are the mayor-council form and the council-manager form.

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Other Authors: Svara, James H., Watson, Douglas J.
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Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2010.
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction : Framing constitutional contests in large cities / James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson -- 2. St. Petersburg : easing into a strong-mayor government / J. Edwin Benton, Donald C. Menzel, and Darryl Paulson -- 3. Spokane : development debate sparks government debate / Wendy L. Hassett -- 4. Hartford : politics trumps professionalism / Wendy L. Hassett -- 5. Richmond : implementation of and experience with strong-mayor form of government / Nelson Wikstrom -- 6. San Diego : switch from reform to representative / Glen W. Sparrow -- 7. Oakland : the power of celebrity? Explaining strong-mayor charter reform / Megan Mullin -- 8. Kansas City : the evolution of council-manager government / Kimberly Nelson and Curtis Wood -- 9. Grand Rapids : a lack of enthusiasm for change in the council-manager form / Eric S. Zeemering -- 10. Dallas : the survival of council-manager government / Karen M. Jarrell -- 11. Cincinnati : charter conflict and consensus / John T. Spence -- 12. El Paso : professionalism over politics in the shift to council-manager government / Larry Terry -- 13. Topeka : council-manager redux finding balance in the politics-administration dichotomy / R. Paul Bataglio Jr. -- 14. St. Louis : déjà vu all over again-charter reform fails / Robert Cropf, Todd Swanstrom, and Scott Krummenacher -- 15. Portland : "Keep Portland weird," retaining the commission form of government / Doug Morgan, Masami Nishishiba, and Dan Vizzini -- 16. Conclusion : Distinct factors and common themes in change of form referenda / James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson. 
505 0 |a List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: Framing Constitutional Contests in Large Cities; PART I. CHANGE FROM COUNCIL-MANAGER TO MAYOR-COUNCIL FORM; PART II. REJECTED CHANGE FROM COUNCIL-MANAGER TO MAYOR-COUNCIL FORM; PART III. CHANGE FROM MAYOR-COUNCIL TO COUNCIL-MANAGER; PART IV. REJECTED CHANGE TO MAYOR-COUNCIL FORM FROM COMMISSION AND WEAK MAYOR; List of Contributors; Index. 
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