Commission government and the city-manager plan : rev. ed. of Commission government in American cities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Series:

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Annals of the American academy of political and social science.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--United States.

Municipal government.

United States.

Municipal government by commission.

Physical Description:

vi, 279 pages including forms ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : American academy of political and social science, 1914.

Contents:

pt.I. Underlying principles and typical plans: History and underlying principles of commission government, by E.S. Bradford. Commission government in the South, by W. O. Scroggs. Commission government in Iowa: The Des Moines, plan, by B.F. Shambaugh. Commission government in Kansas, by F. G. Bates. Commission government in the West, by F. H. McGregor. Commission government in Illinois cities, by J. A. Fairlie. The Grand Junction plan of city government and its results, by J.W. Bucklin. Some commission government accomplishments and deficiencies, by H. Bruère

pt.II. Problems of commission government: Franchise provisions in commission-governed cities, by L. G. Powers. Civil service provisions in commission charters, by E. H. Goodwin. The short ballot and the commission plan, by R.S. Childs. The initiative and referendum in commission cities, by C.O. Gardner. Popular control under the recall, by H.S. Gilbertson

pt.III. The city-manager plan: the principles underlying the city-manager plan, by R.S. Childs. A proposal for a school of municipal administration at the University of Texas, by H.G. James. Objections to commission government, by W. G. Cooper. The city-manager charter of Dayton, by L.D. Upson. Adoption of the city-manager plan, by E.S. Bradford. The city-manager plan and expert city management, by H.S. Gilbertson. Municipal government administered by a general manager

the Staunton plan, by J. Crosby. The Lockport proposal, by F.D. Silvernail

pt.IV. Results of commission government in typical cities: Galveston's commission plan of city government, by E. R. Cheesborough. Results of commission government in Houston, Texas, by J.H. Farbar. The commission as it operates in Austin, Texas, by A.P. Wooldridge. What government by commission has accomplished in Des Moines, by J.J. Hamilton. Securing efficient administration under the commission plan, by F. W. Donnelly. Berkeley, California, under commission form of government, by W.C. Jones.

OCLC:

2495848