LEADER 04378oam 2200589Ma 450 001 9910465722803321 005 20200324081417.0 010 $a1-315-53938-1 010 $a1-134-94271-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000648429 035 $a(EBL)4511798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4511798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4511798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11207978 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL916809 035 $a(OCoLC)950463799 035 $a(OCoLC)1086526092 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1086526092 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315539386 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000648429 100 $a20160524e20152003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aLocal government management$b[electronic resource] $ecurrent issues and best practices /$fedited by Douglas J. Watson and Wendy L. Hassett 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon $cRoutledge$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (440 p.) 225 1 $aASPA Classics 300 $a"An ASPA classics volume"--t.p. 300 $aFirst published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-1127-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Part 1. Relations Between Elected Officials and Professional Staff; 1. The Manager Is a Politician; 2. The City Manager: Professional Helping Hand, or Political Hired Hand?; 3. The Mayor as a Policy Leader in the Council-Manager Form of Government: A View from the Field; 4. Dichotomy and Duality: Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Policy and Administration in Council-Manager Cities; 5. City Managers: Will They Reject Policy Leadership? 327 $a6. A Case for Reinterpreted Dichotomy of Politics and Administration as a Professional Standard in Council-Manager Government7. The Shifting Boundary Between Elected Officials and City Managers in Large Council-Manager Cities; Part 2. Using Tax Dollars Wisely: Budgeting and Financial Management; 8 Financial Management: A Balancing Act for Local Government Chief Financial Officers; 9. Budget Reform and Political Reform: Conclusions from Six Cities; 10. Budgetary Balance: The Norm, Concept, and Practice in Large U.S. Cities; 11. Analyzing How Local Governments Establish Service Priorities 327 $a12. State and Local Governments as Borrowers: Strategic Choices and the Capital Market13. Litigation Costs, Budget Impacts, and Cost Containment Strategies: Evidence from California Cities; Part 3. The Changing World of Public Personnel Management; 14. Municipal Government Personnel Systems: A Test of Two Archetypical Models; 15. Affirmative Action in Municipal Government: Anatomy of a Failure; 16. Explaining the Tenure of Local Government Managers; 17. What Municipal Employees Want from Their Jobs Versus What They Are Getting; 18. Managerial Responses to an Aging Municipal Workforce 327 $a19. Performance Appraisal Practices for Upper Management in City Governments20. Values Management in Local Government; Part 4. Making Local Governments More Productive and Responsive; 21. Issues in Productivity Measurement for Local Governments; 22. Improving the Goal-Setting Process in Local Government; 23. Strategies for Management of Decline and Productivity Improvement in Local Government; 24. Applying Strategic Decision Making in Local Government; 25. Implementing TQM in Local Government: The Leadership Challenge 327 $a26. The Re-ing of Local Government: Understanding and Shaping Governmental ChangePart 5. Citizen Involvement: Opportunities for Participation; 27. Gender and Local Government: A Comparison of Women and Men City Managers; 28. The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: The Case of City Managers; 29. Dealing with Cynical Citizens; 30. Standards of Excellence: U.S. Residents' Evaluations of Local Government Services; Index; ABOUT THE EDITORS 410 0$aASPA classics. 606 $aLocal government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLocal government. 676 $a352.140973 701 $aWatson$b Douglas J$0855756 701 $aHassett$b Wendy L$0988445 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465722803321 996 $aLocal government management$92260266 997 $aUNINA