ABSTRACT
Providing a critical examination of government in American cities, this volume presents the innovative view that mayors in council-manager cities are better positioned to develop positive leadership than their peers in mayor-council cities. This book develops a deeper understanding of city government institutions with an examination of groundbreaking conceptual model of leadership and how it relates to local government forms. Based on the observation of mayors who have served in the past decade in cities ranging in size from 1500 to 1.5 million, fourteen case studies evaluate factors that contribute to effective leadership and highlight emerging issues faced by today‘s cities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
CONCEPTUALIZING THE FACILITATIVE MODEL
part 2|2 pages
EXPLORING CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
part |2 pages
FACILITATION IN THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM A. Classic Situations: When Leadership Looks Easy (Even Though It’s Not)
part |2 pages
FACILITATION IN THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM B. Council-Manager Communities with Adversity and Confl ict
part |2 pages
FACILITATION IN THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM C. Very Large City: Where Facilitative Leadership Is Not Expected
part 4|2 pages
FACILITATION IN THE MAYOR–COUNCIL FORM
part 5|2 pages
CONCLUSION