Introduction. Factors Affecting the Context of Local Government Administration. Local Government Management Practices: The Importance of Doing the Basics Well. Administering Generic Types of Local Governments. Concluding Assessment.
"…A total of 22 separately authored chapters cover such subjects as
federalism and state law, strategic management, structural
arrangements in local government, small community governance, and
big city management…As a handbook to contemporary US local
government, the book is excellent. It has been well edited, the
coverage is wide, the prose readable, the authors experts, and the
chapter bibliographies relevant and up-to-date."
-Reference Reviews
Provides a complete overview of the principles and applications of
government administration and management practices in the local
public sector. The text covers the effects of environmental
conditions on local administrators and management techniques to
administration in different types of local government.
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