Name: Managing Urban America By Robert E. England
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Managing Urban America by Robert E. England

Managing Urban America guides students through the challenges, politics, and practice of urban management-including managing conflict through politics, adapting to demographic and social changes, balancing budgets, and delivering a myriad of goods and services to citizens in an efficient, equitable, and responsive manner. The Eighth Edition has been thoroughly updated to include a discussion of the difficulties cities confront as they deal with the lingering economic challenges of the 2008 recession, the concept of e-government and how it affects the theory and practice of management, and the implications of environmental issues for urban government management.

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Managing Urban America provides a solid foundation to begin 'the conversation.' It has an easy-to-read format and touches on numerous aspects of government on the local, state, and federal levels. The chapters help lead into discussions that focus on real-world examples. -- Stephen Spina
Managing Urban America is straightforward and an excellent text for an undergraduate course in local government management. The book uses a familiar public administration framework to cover the most essential topics in local government. The writing is straightforward and easy to follow, but doesn't shy away from presenting the intergovernmental context in which American cities operate. -- Samuel B. Stone
Managing Urban America charts and explores change over time across a number of key dimensions. It is a clear and analytical examination of fiscal, social, and geographical factors with an emphasis on 'The Citizen', their views, and agency. -- Richard Kotter
The clear writing and focus on management makes Managing Urban America lively and interesting. The inclusion of a chapter on planning and economic development is great, unusual, and essential. -- June Speakman

About Robert E. England

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. 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. 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.

Tables, Figures, and Boxes Preface About the Authors Part One: The Environment of Urban Management Chapter 1: Managing American Cities in the Twenty-first Century Introduction: American Cities Continue to Change and Evolve How and Why American Cities Have Changed How Cities Have Improved Their Management Capacity The New Public Management Model: An Academic Response to REGO Systems Analysis and Local Policymaking Better Management Is Not Enough The Plan of the Book Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 2: Cities and the System of Intergovernmental Relations Federalism Intergovernmental Relations Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 3: Urban Political Structure The Reform Movement Forms of City Government Ballot Type Electoral Systems Home Rule and the Legal Status of the City Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Part Two: Managing Conflict and Delivering Goods and Services in the Modern City Chapter 4: Urban Policymaking The Nature of Urban Policy Chief Executives The City Council Bureaucrats and Policy Citizens' Influences on City Government Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 5: Urban Planning and Development The Nature of City Planning Planning in a Political Environment Planning Activities Urban Economic Development Organizing for and Managing Economic Development The Politics of Urban Development Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 6: Decision Making and Analysis Approaches to Decision Making Decision-Making Tooks Program Analysis and Other Systematic Approaches to Decision Making Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 7: Urban Service Delivery Goals for Service Delivery Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness of Urban Services Equity of Services: A Political Goal? Responsiveness in Service Delivery Alternative Service Delivery Implementing and Evaluating Urban Programs Citizen Surveys Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Part Three: Internal Management Processes Chapter 8: The Management Process: Theory and Practice Organizations as Open Systems Leadership Managing for Results (MFR): Managing by Objectives (MBO) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Potential Problems with Management Techniques New to a City Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 9: Managing Human Resources Organizing the Personnel Function Human Resource Management Functions Issues in Human Resource Management Labor-Management Relations Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Chapter 10: Finance and Budget Revenue Raising Expenditures Budgeting Summary Suggested for Further Reading Notes Part Four: The Urban Future Chapter 11: Managing the Urban Future Management and Leadership in an Age of Fiscal Crisis Suggested for Further Reading Notes Part Four: The Urban Future Chapter 11: Managing the Urban Future Management and Leadership in an Age of Fiscal Crisis Suggested for Further Reading Notes Index

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Managing Urban America by Robert E. England

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Robert E. England

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SAGE Publications Inc

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2016-08-03

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