Managing Urban America

Robert E. England, John P. Pelissero, David R. Morgan

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781506310497
• eBook ISBN: 9781506310510
• Edition: 8
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: City Planning & Urban Development
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustration List
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Part One The Environment of Urban Management
• Chapter 1 Managing American Cities in the Twenty-First Century
• Chapter 2 Cities and the System of Intergovernmental Relations
• Chapter 3 Urban Political Structure
• Part Two Managing Conflict and Delivering Goods and Services in the Modern City
• Chapter 4 Urban Policymaking
• Chapter 5 Urban Planning and Development
• Chapter 6 Decision Making and Analysis
• Chapter 7 Urban Service Delivery
• Part Three Internal Management Processes
• Chapter 8 The Management Process Theory and Practice
• Chapter 9 Managing Human Resources
• Chapter 10 Finance and Budget
• Part Four The Urban Future
• Chapter 11 managing the urban future
• Index