Cities, mayors, and race relations
Subtitle: task forces as agents of race-based policy innovations
By: RIchard T. Middleton, IV ; foreword by Judith A. Winston.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780761841098
Subjects: Mayors -- United States -- Case studies; Municipal government -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- Case studies; Madison (Wis.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Madison (Wis.) -- Race relations -- Government policy; Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Kansas City (Mo.) -- Race relations -- Government policy; Columbia (Mo.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Columbia (Mo.) -- Race relations -- Government policy
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Factors affecting race-based policy innovations; title: Research approach; title: Madison, Wisconsin mayor's race relations task force; title: Columbia, Missouri mayor's race relations task force; title: Kansas City, Missouri mayor's race relations task force; title: Analysis of findings across cases; title: Task forces as agents of policy innovations : analysis and conclusions.