Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> American Government - Local

Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral trends in urban politics. Cities are facing varied predicaments. Boston was rocked by the bombing of the marathon on April 15. Detroit is roiled by being the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy, and Chicago, which had an open, competitive election in 2011, is dealing with significant gun violence. San Diego's mayor resigned in August 2013 due to sexual harassment charges and other mayors are...

Explore what's necessary to improve the performance of your organization, including the development of leaders at all levels who will use their full capabilities to boost collective results. The High-Performance Organization Model identifies the steps needed to diagnose what will be required to achieve the strategic outcomes you define as success. It shows which levers will move the organization in the direction you decide is critical.

This book contains more than just theory;...

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city's recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance--economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement--both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks,...

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city's recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance--economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement--both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks,...

The condition of his section of town, North Omaha, where almost all of the fifty thousand African-Americans live in Omaha was shocking, and became the #1 priority for Love, Jr.. "Economic Cataracts" brings together a collection of position papers and initiatives by the...

Law enforcement administration, local government managers, community leaders, elected officials, and criminal justice students alike will benefit from "Strategy."

Dr. Maulin Chris Herring, a former police chief and national consultant who now teaches criminal justice, explains how communities can develop a long-term strategic plan to reduce crime, increase the quality of life, and improve relationships by collaborating with the African American community.

Rather than providing a "quick fix" to issues decades in the making, Dr. Herring outlines necessary law enforcement agency...