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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785568003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-58901-620-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : illustrations, map

Altri autori (Persone)

SvaraJames H

WatsonDouglas J

Disciplina

320.8/50973

Soggetti

Municipal government - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 2. Rejected change from council-manager to mayor-council form -- pt. 3. Change from mayor-council to council-manager -- pt. 4. Rejected change to mayor-council form from commission and weak mayor.

Sommario/riassunto

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. In many large U.S. cities, there have been passionate movements to change the str