More than mayor or manager
Subtitle: campaigns to change form of government in America's large cities
By: James H. Svara and Douglas J. Watson, editors.
Contributors: Svara, James H.; Watson, Douglas J.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781589017092
Subjects: Municipal government -- United States
Description: "In-depth case studies of 14 large U.S. cities that have considered changing their form of government over the past two decades. The case studies shed light on what these constitutional contests teach us about different forms of government--the causes that support movements for change, what the advocates of change promised, what is at stake for the nature of elected and professional leadership and the relationship between leaders, and why some referendums succeeded while others failed"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.