Municipal / city government

Being an effective city planner means being an effective leader.

Being an effective city planner means being an effective leader.

This book examines US subnational engagement in foreign relations, or paradiplomacy, with China and Taiwan from 1949 to 2020.

This book examines US subnational engagement in foreign relations, or paradiplomacy, with China and Taiwan from 1949 to 2020.

This book, first published in 1979, examines the economic lives of municipal governments.

This book, first published in 1979, examines the economic lives of municipal governments.

The growth of municipal waste is a common challenge found in the urbanised cities of Greater China, but the question of how to manage municipal waste is controversial.

The growth of municipal waste is a common challenge found in the urbanised cities of Greater China, but the question of how to manage municipal waste is controversial.

Originally published in 1974 this book examines the problems confronting the London public transport system in the 1970s.

Originally published in 1974 this book examines the problems confronting the London public transport system in the 1970s.

In what ways do local authorities respond to the increasing socio-cultural heterogeneity of urban populations?

In what ways do local authorities respond to the increasing socio-cultural heterogeneity of urban populations?

While French laicite is often considered something fixed, its daily deployment is rather messy.

While French laicite is often considered something fixed, its daily deployment is rather messy.

Overlooked Cities reflects and impacts the changing landscape of urban studies and geography from the perspective of smaller and more regional cities in the urban South.

Overlooked Cities reflects and impacts the changing landscape of urban studies and geography from the perspective of smaller and more regional cities in the urban South.

Here is a book that makes sense of the L.

The study on which this book is based began in 1986 with the fifth legislative session of the Cuban municipal assemblies.

This book examines the issues of urban governance and local democracy in South India.

This book examines the issues of urban governance and local democracy in South India.

Here is a book that makes sense of the L.

The study on which this book is based began in 1986 with the fifth legislative session of the Cuban municipal assemblies.

When Politics and Change in AI-Karak, Jordan first appeared in 1985, it was part of a sparse, but growing, literature about intermediate-level politics in the Arab Middle East.

This title takes the broadest possible scope to interrogate the emergence of "e;platform urbanism"e;, examining how it transforms urban infrastructure, governance, knowledge production, and everyday life, and brings together leading scholars and early-career researchers from across five continents and multiple disciplines.

This title takes the broadest possible scope to interrogate the emergence of "e;platform urbanism"e;, examining how it transforms urban infrastructure, governance, knowledge production, and everyday life, and brings together leading scholars and early-career researchers from across five continents and multiple disciplines.

Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development offers valuable insights into a difficult line of work whose practice inevitably requires a confrontation with fundamental conflicts between divergent goals, and therefore also demands difficult choices and compromises.

Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development offers valuable insights into a difficult line of work whose practice inevitably requires a confrontation with fundamental conflicts between divergent goals, and therefore also demands difficult choices and compromises.

City sextons are a dying breed and in this book sextons from throughout the United States share their experiences as a city's chief death expert.

City sextons are a dying breed and in this book sextons from throughout the United States share their experiences as a city's chief death expert.

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies.

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies.

Governing Religious Diversity in Cities provides original insights into the governance of religious diversity in urban contexts from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and drawing on a wide range of empirical examples in Europe and Canada.

Governing Religious Diversity in Cities provides original insights into the governance of religious diversity in urban contexts from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and drawing on a wide range of empirical examples in Europe and Canada.

This book examines the dynamic between citizens' trust and good governance using the case study of Bangladesh.

Readers interested in urban studies and recent Detroit history will appreciate this thoughtful assessment of the best practices and obvious errors when it comes to reinventing our cities.

Readers interested in urban studies and recent Detroit history will appreciate this thoughtful assessment of the best practices and obvious errors when it comes to reinventing our cities.

In diesem Buch taucht der Leser in die faszinierende Welt einer der ältesten und geheimnisvollsten Gesellschaften der Menschheitsgeschichte ein.

This title is a compelling examination of Christopher Augustine Buckley, the enigmatic political figure who dominated San Francisco's Democratic Party during the late 19th century.

The United States is known as a country that has been highly antagonistic to Socialism of any form.

Despite decades of progress, African Americans living in largely white affluent suburbs still often find themselves caught between the two worlds of race and class.

Migrant children separated from their parents.

A national cochair of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama when few thought he could ever be elected, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is here to tell you: Yes, you can!

A national cochair of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama when few thought he could ever be elected, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is here to tell you: Yes, you can!

Urban and suburban growth is a burning local issue for communities across the United States and many other parts of the world.

Confronted with rising citizen discontent, the Reinventing Government movement, and new technological challenges, public organizations everywhere are seeking means of improving their performance.

In Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps, Dick Simpson challenges and recasts current theories of Regime Politics as he chronicles the dramatic story of the civic wars in the Chicago City Council since the civil war.

Almost all US cities are controlled by real estate and development interests, but Santa Cruz, California, is a deviant case.

This volume introduces a new style of politics, the New Political Culture (NPC), which began in many countries in the 1970s.

Urban and suburban growth is a burning local issue for communities across the United States and many other parts of the world.

Confronted with rising citizen discontent, the Reinventing Government movement, and new technological challenges, public organizations everywhere are seeking means of improving their performance.