Mayors in action: five approaches to urban governance

Main Author: Kotter, John P., 1947-
Other Authors: Lawrence, Paul R.,
Language:English
Published: New York,: Wiley, [1974].
Series:Wiley series in urban research
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Current conceptions of the mayor
  • A new framework
  • Agenda setting
  • Network building and maintenance
  • Accomplishing tasks
  • Patterns of behavior: the identification of five types of mayor
  • Pattern dynamics: constructing a model of mayoral behavior
  • Atlanta: a case study in mayoral behavior
  • Successful and unsuccessful coalignment behavior
  • Pattern emergence
  • Pattern impact: rating the mayor's performance
  • Implications for social scientists: a coalignment model of administration
  • Implications for mayors
  • The future: some disturbing trends.