Big city mayors
Subtitle: the crisis in urban politics
By: edited by Leonard I. Ruchelman.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Mayors -- United States -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: Discusses who aspires to become mayor, electoral pathways to city hall, the mayor's job as chief executive, the mayor as chief legislator, the mayor as chief of party, the mayor and the public--his ceremonial role, the mayor's role in setting policy, and consolidation of mayoral power. Includes portrayals of Anton Cermak, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, and Edward J. Kelly.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 369-371.
Reprint of the ed. published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington.