Managing Urban America

7. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60871-672-2
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Cities—and urban managers—are resilient in the face of their many challenges. Managing Urban America, now in its seventh edition, guides students through the politics of urban management—doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods and services, responding to federal and state mandates, adapting to changing demographics, and coping with economic and budgetary woes.

Fully revised, this new edition:

- highlights the economic difficulties cities currently face, and how they will rebound;
- expands significantly upon the concept of e-government, and offers numerous examples in both theory and practice;

- integrates what were once competing models of government (REGO, NPM, NPS, and TPA) into what the authors call the Modern Public Management (MPM) model, which draws on the positive aspects of each to better manage the modern city;

- includes many new case studies, including some with a global perspective as the authors examine the management of international cities; and
- thoroughly updates all data and scholarship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

England, Robert E.

Pelissero, John P.

Morgan, David R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: THE ENVIRONMENT OF URBAN MANAGEMENT
Managing American Cities in the Twenty-first Century
Cities and the System of Intergovernmental Relations
Urban Political Structure
PART TWO: MANAGING CONFLICT AND DELIVERING GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE MODERN CITY
Urban Policymaking
Urban Planning and Development
Decision Making and Analysis
Urban Service Delivery
PART THREE: INTERNAL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
The Management Process: Theory and Practice
Managing Human Resources
Finance and Budget
PART FOUR: THE URBAN FUTURE
Managing the Urban Future

Über Autor(innen)

Morgan, David R.
David R. Morgan is professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, where he was the Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service and professor of political science. He spent five years in local government, including service as the first city manager of Yukon, Oklahoma.

England, Robert E.
Robert E. England is founding editor of the International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management, published by Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University. He spent the Fall 2015 semester as a visiting professor at Loyola University Chicago.

Pelissero, John P.
John P. Pelissero is professor of political science and Interim President at Loyola University Chicago. He is the editor of Cities, Politics, and Policy: A Comparative Analysis (CQ Press, 2003). His most recent research on cities has appeared in Public Administration Review and Urban Affairs Review.