The City Manager (Classic Reprint): A New Profession - Couverture souple

Harry Aubrey Toulmin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331435080 ISBN 13 : 9781331435082

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book examines the history and evolution of city manager government, a system where a professional manager is appointed to oversee the day-to-day operations of a city. The model emerged in response to the ineffectiveness and corruption of the old order, which relied on elected officials with little experience in municipal administration. The book details how the city manager plan developed from its roots in early 20th-century experiments to its widespread adoption today. It explores the key elements of the system, including the powers and duties of the city manager, the role of the city council, and the mechanisms for citizen participation. The author argues that the city manager model has proven to be a successful and efficient way to govern cities, providing greater accountability, transparency, and expertise in local government.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The city manager, or as some who prefer to suggest the continuity of the development in the title call it, the commission-manager form of governf ment, has achieved a wide reputation in a very short I time. To some this seems surprising, but the reai sons are obvious to those who have followed closely 1the development of municipal charter reform: It I represents the product of many years of thoughtful consideration of the whole subject and of the increased appreciation of the dignity and power of the i worth of city government and the need for experts 1in administering it. A generation ago the people were indifferent to the importance of municipal government. They have gradually but none the less surely been awakened from their lethargy and are fbeginning to appreciate that city government is oner of the great factors in human life and bids fair to become even a greater factor during coming genera-, tions. With the dawning appreciation of the importance of municipal government came an appreciation of the fact that our municipal machinery was hopelessly involved and complicated and inadequate.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331435080
• ISBN 13: 9781331435082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
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