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Mayors in the Middle

Author : Jeffrey R. Henig
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691222576
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Mayors in the Middle written by Jeffrey R. Henig and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America's urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership. But does a stronger mayoral role represent bold institutional change with real potential to improve big-city schools, or just the latest in the copycat world of school reform du jour? Is it democratic? Why have efforts to put mayors in charge so often generated resistance along racial dividing lines? Public debate and scholarly analysis have shied away from confronting such issues head-on. Mayors in the Middle brings together, for students of education policy and urban politics as well as scholars and school advocates, the most thoughtful and original analyses of the promise and limitations of mayoral takeovers of schools. Reflecting on the experience of six cities--Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.--ten of the nation's leading experts on education politics tackle the question of whether putting mayors in charge is a step in the right direction. Through the case studies and the wide-ranging essays that follow and build upon them, the contributors--Stefanie Chambers, Jeffrey R. Henig, Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey Mirel, Marion Orr, John Portz, Wilbur C. Rich, Dorothy Shipps, and Clarence N. Stone--begin the process of answering questions critical to the future of inner-city children, the prospects for urban revitalization, and the shape of American education in the years to come.

Mayors in the Middle

Author : Diana B. Greenwald
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231559747
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Mayors in the Middle written by Diana B. Greenwald and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does local self-government look like in the absence of sovereignty? From the beginning of its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Israel has experimented with different forms of rule. Since the 1990s, it has delegated certain governing responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority (PA), an organization that, Israel hoped, would act as a buffer between the military occupation and the Palestinian population. Through a historically informed, empirically nuanced analysis of towns and cities across the West Bank, Diana B. Greenwald offers a new theory of local government under indirect rule—a strategy that is often associated with imperial powers of the past but persists in settings of colonialism and state-building today. Grounded in fine-grained data on municipal governance under occupation as well as interviews with Palestinian mayors, council members, staff, activists, and political elites, this book traces how the Israel-PA regime has influenced the constraints and incentives of Palestinians serving in local government. Mayors in the Middle demonstrates that both the indirect rule system itself—as embodied in local policing arrangements—and the political affiliation of Palestinian mayors shape how politicians will govern. This variation, Greenwald argues, depends in part on whether local Palestinian governments are perceived as intermediaries within or opponents of the regime. Although Palestine is often treated as exceptional, Greenwald draws illustrative parallels with British colonial India and South Africa’s apartheid regime. A groundbreaking study of Palestinian local politics, Mayors in the Middle illuminates the broader dilemmas of indigenous self-government under systems of exclusion and domination.

Governing Middle-sized Cities

Author : James R. Bowers
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555878702
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Governing Middle-sized Cities written by James R. Bowers and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 12 case studies illustrates the range of problems facing mid-sized cities in the USA and the variety of approaches that mayors have used to cope with them. Topics covered include education, crime, economic development and the political incorporation of minorities.

If Mayors Ruled the World

Author : Benjamin R. Barber
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030016467X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book If Mayors Ruled the World written by Benjamin R. Barber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time--climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and people--the nations of the world seem paralyzed. The problems are too big for governments to deal with. Benjamin Barber contends that cities, and the mayors who run them, can do and are doing a better job than nations. He cites the unique qualities cities worldwide share: pragmatism, civic trust, participation, indifference to borders and sovereignty, and a democratic penchant for networking, creativity, innovation, and cooperation. He demonstrates how city mayors, singly and jointly, are responding to transnational problems more effectively than nation-states mired in ideological infighting and sovereign rivalries. The book features profiles of a dozen mayors around the world, making a persuasive case that the city is democracy's best hope in a globalizing world, and that great mayors are already proving that this is so"--

When Mayors Take Charge

Author : Joseph P. Viteritti
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815701942
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book When Mayors Take Charge written by Joseph P. Viteritti and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap. Activist mayors in several major cities have responded by taking control of their public schools. When Mayors Take Charge is the most up-to-date assessment available on this phenomenon. It brings together the topic's leading experts to analyze the factors and people driving the trend, its achievements and shortcomings, its prospects for the future, and ways to improve it. Part One of the book assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide. The second section details the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control, and Detroit, where mayoral control ended in disaster. The final section provides the first in-depth examination of New York City, where the law installing mayoral control sunsets in 2009. Viteritti's opening essay and postscript frame the analysis to shed light on the significance and limitations of governance reform. Contributors include Clara Hemphill (formerly NewYork Newsday), Jeffrey R. Henig (Columbia University), Michael Kirst (Stanford University), John Portz (Northeastern University), Diane Ravitch (NYU),Wilbur C. Rich (Wellesley College), Robert Schwartz (Harvard University), Dorothy Shipps (Baruch College), and Kenneth K.Wong (Brown University).

The Nation City

Author : Rahm Emanuel
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525566627
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Nation City written by Rahm Emanuel and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today--a bracing, optimistic vision of America's future from one of our most experienced and original political minds. In The Nation City, Rahm Emanuel, former two-term mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, offers a firsthand account of how cities, rather than the federal government, stand at the center of innovation and effective governance. Drawing on his own experiences in Chicago, and on his relationships with other mayors around America, Emanuel provides dozens of examples to show how cities are improving education, infrastructure, job conditions, and environmental policy at a local level. Emanuel argues that cities are the most ancient political institutions, dating back thousands of years and have reemerged as the nation-states of our time. He makes clear how mayors are accountable to their voters to a greater degree than any other elected officials and illuminates how progressives and centrists alike can best accomplish their goals by focusing their energies on local politics. The Nation City maps out a new, energizing, and hopeful way forward.

The Education Mayor

Author : Kenneth K. Wong
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589011791
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Education Mayor written by Kenneth K. Wong and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already under way by mayors to take control of city schools from school boards and integrate the management of public education with the overall governing of the city. The Education Mayor is a critical look at mayoral control of urban school districts, beginning with Boston's schools in 1992 and examining more than 100 school districts in 40 states. The authors seek to answer four central questions: - What does school governance look like under mayoral leadership? - How does mayoral control affect school and student performance? - What are the key factors for success or failure of integrated governance? - How does mayoral control effect practical changes in schools and classrooms? The results of their examination indicate that, although mayoral control of schools may not be appropriate for every district, it can successfully emphasize accountability across the education system, providing more leverage for each school district to strengthen its educational infrastructure and improve student performance. Based on extensive quantitative data as well as case studies, this analytical study provides a balanced look at America's education reform. As the first multidistrict empirical examination and most comprehensive overall evaluation of mayoral school reform, The Education Mayor is a must-read for academics, policymakers, educational administrators, and civic and political leaders concerned about public education.

Mayor 1%

Author : Kari Lydersen
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608462854
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Mayor 1% written by Kari Lydersen and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a city long dominated by a notorious Democratic Machine become a national battleground in the right-wing war against the public sector? In Mayor 1%, veteran journalist Kari Lydersen takes a close look at Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and his true agenda. With deep Wall Street ties from his investment banking years and a combative political style honed in Congress and the Clinton and Obama administrations, Emanuel is among a rising class of rock-star mayors promising to remake American cities. But his private-sector approach has sidelined and alienated many who feel they are not part of Emanuel’s vision for a new Chicago—and it has inspired a powerful group of activists and community members to unite in defense of their beloved city. Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and journalism instructor who has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Progressive, In These Times, and other publications. She is the author of four books, including The Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover and What it Says About the Economic Crisis. She specializes in coverage of labor, energy and the environment. She has taught at Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University and also works with youth from low-income communities through the program We the People Media. karilydersen dot com.

The American Mayor

Author : Melvin G. Holli
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271042343
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The American Mayor written by Melvin G. Holli and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The European Mayor

Author : Henry Bäck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3531900056
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The European Mayor written by Henry Bäck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book we aim at describing and analysing the selection, daily life, networks and values of local top political leaders in seventeen European countries. The empirical nourishment to the investigation into town halls across Europe is a survey conducted in 2003 with mayors and corresponding top local political leaders. The data covering responses from 2700 leaders is a unique and rich material allowing descriptions and analyses pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.

A Mayor for All the People

Author : Robert C. Holmes
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081359877X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book A Mayor for All the People written by Robert C. Holmes and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey’s first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. Yet even as Gibson served as a trailblazer for black politicians, he presided over a troubled time in the city’s history, as Newark’s industries declined and its crime and unemployment rates soared. This book offers a balanced assessment of Gibson’s leadership and his legacy, from the perspectives of the people most deeply immersed in 1970s and 1980s Newark politics: city employees, politicians, activists, journalists, educators, and even fellow big-city mayors like David Dinkins. The contributors include many of Gibson’s harshest critics, as well as some of his closest supporters, friends, and family members—culminating in an exclusive interview with Gibson himself, reflecting on his time in office. Together, these accounts provide readers with a compelling inside look at a city in crisis, a city that had been rocked by riots three years before Gibson took office and one that Harper’s magazine named “America’s worst city” at the start of his second term. At its heart, it raises a question that is still relevant today: how should we evaluate a leader who faced major structural and economic challenges, but never delivered all the hope and change he promised voters?

Mayors of Boston

Author : State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mayors of Boston written by State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mayors

Author : Paul Michael Green
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809388455
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book The Mayors written by Paul Michael Green and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mayor's Inaugural Address and Annual Reports ...

Author : Salem (Mass.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Mayor's Inaugural Address and Annual Reports ... written by Salem (Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mayors and Schools

Author : Stefanie Chambers
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592134694
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Mayors and Schools written by Stefanie Chambers and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the national trend toward mayoral control of big-city school districts through comparative case studies of Chicago and Cleveland - two school districts that adopted mayoral control during the 1990s. Chambers takes up the question of whether granting control to mayors in major cities will indeed fix public school systems. She finds that although both cities have experienced noteworthy improvements in student performance since mayoral control, the increased centralization of decision-making has reduced minority participation in democratic politics. Chambers argues that this conundrum of improved performance at the cost of decreased minority participation could undermine the very democratic and civic values that schools try to teach. In a concluding chapter, she offers several suggestions for better incorporating minority participation educational decisions, even while centralizing more power in mayors' offices.

Mayor's Address ... and the Annual Reports

Author : Cambridge (Mass.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Mayor's Address ... and the Annual Reports written by Cambridge (Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chicago’s Modern Mayors

Author : Dick Simpson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252055268
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chicago’s Modern Mayors written by Dick Simpson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the respected political science, sociologist, and journalist contributors approach their subjects from distinct perspectives, each essay addresses three essential issues: how and why each mayor won the office; whether the City Council of their time acted as a rubber stamp or independent body; and the ways the unique qualities of each mayor’s administration and accomplishments influenced their legacy. Filled with expert analysis and valuable insights, Chicago’s Modern Mayors illuminates a time of transition and change and considers the politicians who--for better and worse--shaped the Chicago of today.