Forms of Local Government: A Handbook on City, County and Regional Options Book

Preface     1
Introduction
Overview of Local Governments   John Kincaid     5
The Structure of Local Governments   James H. Svara     11
Evolution of National Civic League Policies   William N. Cassella, Jr.     27
Sharing the Load of Governance   James H. Svara     35
The Responsible Public Executive   William N. Cassella, Jr.     41
Cities
Forms of Local Government in American History   Charles R. Adrian     47
Contemporary Choices for Citizens   Julianne Duvall     63
The Council-Manager Form of Government   Roger L. Kemp     69
Understanding the Role of the Mayor's Office   James H. Svara     75
Theory v. Reality with the Council-Manager Plan   B. J. D. Rowe     82
An Assessment of the Council-Manager Plan   Karl F. Johnson   C. J. Hein     89
Counties
Overview of County Governments   Tanis J. Salant     95
Organization of County Governments   Herbert Sydney Duncombe     101
The Suburban County   R. Scott Fosler     117
The Rural County   Kaye Braaten     122
County Leadership Models   Ann Klinger     126
Regions
Regional Governance and the Post-Industrial Economy   Allan D. Wallis     135
Regional Cooperation: Global Competitiveness and Urban Reform   Theodore Hershberg     144
From Metropolitan Cooperation to Governance   David B. Walker     151
The Evolution of Regional Planning$dAmerican Planning Association     159
Models of Regional Governance   Richard Sybert     172
Regional Governance and Regional Councils   J. Eugene Grigsby III     186
City Studies and Trends
Contemporary Trends in Municipal Government Structures   Tari Renner   Victor S. DeSantis     195
Form and Adaptation of Municipal Government Structures   Robert P. Boynton   Victor S. DeSantis     207
Fractured Cities: When Power Becomes Fragmented   Rob Gurwitt     220
What to Do When Reformed Government Doesn't Work   Gerald E. Newfarmer     226
Writing Home-Rule Charters   Susan B. Hannah     231
The Benefits of the Council-Manager Plan   Betsy D. Sherman     236
County Studies and Trends
County Government: A Century of Change   Victor S. DeSantis     245
Counties in Transition: Issues and Challenges    Robert D. Thomas     255
City-County Consolidation: A Matter of Efficiency?   Julianne Duvall     260
City-County Consolidation: Learning from Failure   Richard W. Campbell     267
The Evolutionary Consolidation Model   Herbert H. Hughes   Charles Lee     272
A Report to the Charter Review Board   Donald C. Menzel     280
Regional Studies and Trends
The Case for Regional Cooperation   Theodore Hershberg     297
Regions in Action: Regional Governance and Global Competitiveness   Allan D. Wallis     309
Regionalism: The New Geography of Opportunity   Henry G. Cisneros     319
The Metropolitan Council: Integrating Planning and Operations$dThe Metropolitan Council     333
Revenue Sharing and Urban Growth   Richard M. Sheehan     339
The Future
The Lure of the Strong Mayor   Rob Gurwitt     347
Beware of the Lure of the Strong Mayor   Terrell Blodgett     353
Good Government, Bad Government   Alan Ehrenhalt     358
County Government in the 21st Century   Donald C. Menzel     365
Regional Excellence in the 21st Century   William Dodge     373
Hope for "Suburbanitis"    Thomas H. Reed     377
About the Contributors     381
Index     383