The 100th anniversary of the International City/County Management Association provides an
excellent point to review and assess research on the performance of the council‐manager …

Despite the potential of open government, earlier research has found that local governments
vary significantly in their embrace of transparency. In this article, we explore the variability …

Using data on the adoption of e-government, reinventing government, and strategic
practices, and the typology of municipal government form, the authors investigate the …

Scholars of urban politics often argue that cities will shy away from extensive funding of
social welfare programs, as fiscal realities make developmental policies far more attractive …

This study investigates how the political influence of local elected officials and the
administrative capacities of local administrative agencies together shape outcomes in fiscal …

The standard narrative to explain the evolution of roles filled by city managers suggests that
managers originally served as administrative technicians who carried out the policy …

Existing research indicates that meaningful, effective, and authentic citizen participation
requires two-way dialogue between government and citizens. The question of what …

One of the difficulties faced in the effective and efficient management of public organizations
is the understanding of when the organization is experiencing financial distress …

The adage “All politics is local” in the United States is largely true. Of the United States'
90,106 governments, 99.9% are local governments. Despite variations in institutional …

Despite extensive studies on change leadership, there is a lack of research on its multilevel
nature especially in the hierarchical context of local governance. We situate our research in …