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Cities--and urban managers--are resilient in the face of their many challenges. Managing Urban America, now in its seventh edition, guides students through the politics of urban management--doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods and services, responding... Read Full Overview

Managing Urban America guides students through the challenges, politics, and practice of urban management--including managing conflict through politics, adapting to demographic and social changes, balancing budgets, and delivering a myriad of goods and services... Read Full Overview

Managing a vastly diverse population, often stratified by economic status, education, culture, language, ideology, and political party, is no picnic. It never has been, nor is it likely to be. Managing Urban America has become the standard guide offering sage advice as to how... Read Full Overview

Managing a vastly diverse population, often stratified by economic status, education, culture, language, ideology, and political party, is no picnic. It never has been, nor is it likely to be. Managing Urban America has become the standard guide offering sage advice as to how... Read Full Overview

This is the fifth updated edition of Morgan's study and analysis of urban management in America. First issued in 1980, many of the same problems are found to be facing public officials today - fiscal stress, doing more with less, productivity enhancement, privatization, cutback... Read Full Overview