More Than Mayor or Manager: Campaigns to

Different forms of city government are in widespread use across the United States. The two most common structures are the mayor-council form and the council-manager form. In many large U.S. cities, there have been passionate movements to change the structure of city governments and equally intense efforts to defend an existing structure.

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction: Framing Constitutional Contests in Large Cities	p. 1
Change from Council-Manager to Mayor-Council Form
St. Petersburg: Easing into a Strong-Mayor Government	p. 25
Spokane: Development Debate Sparks Government Debate	p. 47
Hartford: Politics Trumps Professionalism	p. 63
Richmond: Implementation of and Experience with Strong-Mayor Form of Government	p. 81
San Diego: Switch from Reform to Representative	p. 103
Oakland: The Power of Celebrity? Explaining Strong-Mayor Charter Reform	p. 121
Rejected change from Council-Manager to Mayor-Council Form
Kansas City: The Evolution of Council-Manager Government	p. 141
Grand Rapids: A Lack of Enthusiasm for Change in the Council-Manager Form	p. 163
Dallas: The Survival of Council-Manager Government	p. 183
Cincinnati: Charter Conflict and Consensus	p. 203
Change from Mayor-Council to Council-Manager
El Paso: Professionalism over Politics in the Shift to Council-Manager Government	p. 225
Topeka: Council-Manager Redux Finding Balance in the Politics-Administration Dichotomy	p. 245
Rejected Change to Mayor-Council Form from Commission and Weak Mayor
St. Louis: Déjà Vu All over Again-Charter Reform Fails	p. 263
Portland: "Keep Portland Weird," Retaining the Commission Form of Government	p. 279
Conclusion: Distinct Factors and Common Themes in Change of Form Referenda	p. 303
List of Contributors	p. 325
Index	p. 331
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More Than Mayor or Manager: Campaigns to Change Form of Government in America's Large Cities

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