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Selected MRSC Library Holdings - Form of Governance
Selected MRSC Library Holdings - Form of Government
This is a selected list of MRSC Library holdings on form of government. It
includes materials on state, local and county government form and function.
These publications are available to Washington State city/town/county employees and officials to borrow at no charge through the MRSC Library Loan Request Form. If
you are not a Washington city/town/county official or employee, we suggest you
contact your local public library or law library for information or research
direction.
A listing of the latest Form of Government materials received may be found
on the MRSC Library New
Acquisitions page.
Chief Administrative Officers in Washington Local Government / by Byron Katsuyama, MRSC, Research Memorandum No. 102. -- Seattle: Municipal Research
& Services Center of Washington, 1986. [PE 11.1000 C455 1986]
Citizens' Handbook on Retention of the Council-Manager Plan / International
City/County Management Association. -- Washington, D.C.: ICMA, 1994. (A folder
containing sample campaign materials for retention of the council-manager plan
of government) [G 2.4200 C37 1994]
The council-manager form of government : a citizen's guide / Texas City
Management Association. -- Austin: Texas City Management Association, 1983.
[G 2.4000 C654 1983]
Council-manager form of government statistics - statutes - articles [compilation]
/ MRSC Library. -- Kirkland, Wash.: MRSC, 1991. [G 2.4000 C65 1991]
The decline of representative democracy : process, participation, and power
in state legislatures / Alan Rosenthal. -- Washington, D.C. : CQ press,
1998.; xiii, 369 p. [G 1.6000 D43 1998]
Diversity & governance : changing populations and the future of cities
and towns / National League of Cities. -- Washington, D.C.: NLC, 1991. [POP
4.0000 D555 1991**]
The good city and the good life / Daniel Kemmis. -- Boston, Mass. :
Houghton Mifflin, 1995.; xix, 226 p. The former mayor of Missoula, Montana discusses
the concept of "the good life" and the citizens' role in renewing a sense of
community in local government. [G 1.6000 G66 1995]
The Good Citizen: A History Of American Civic Life / Michael Schudson.
-- New York, Free Press, 1998, 390 p. Discusses the evolution of American democracy
and popular sovereignty from the "politics of assent" through the "the politics
of parties" to the "politics of information" and the informed voter. [G 1.6000
G663 1998]
Good Government at Work / International City/County Management Association.
-- Washington, D.C.: ICMA, 1991. (Video; an introduction to the structure and
benefits of the council-manager form of government) [G 2.4000 G655 1991 VID]
Governance and opportunity in metropolitan America / Alan Altshuler
[et al.] editors ; Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through
Improved Metropolitan Area Governance, Commission on Behavior and Social Sciences
and Education, National Research Council. -- Washington, D.C. : National Academy
Press, 1999.; ix, 347 p. [MR 0.0009 G656 1999]
Government is US : public administration in an anti-government era /
Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers (and collaborators). -- Thousand Oaks,
Calif. : Sage, 1998.; xvi, 224 p. [G 1.6000 G69 1998]
Governments are from Saturn... citizens are from Jupiter : strategies for
reconnecting citizens and government / Municipal Research and Services Center
of Washington (MRSC). -- Seattle, Wash. : MRSC, 1998.; v, 32 p. [G 1.6000 G68
1998]
Handbook for Council Members in Council - Manager Cities, 5th Edition.
-- Denver: National Civic League, 1992. [G 2.4000 H35 1992]
Handbook of local government administration / edited by John J. Gargan.
-- New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997. xiii, 556p. (Public Administration and Public
Policy / Marcel Dekker, Inc.). A comprehensive overview textbook on administration
and management practices in the local public sector. [G 9.0000 H35 1997]
Ideal & Practice in Council - Manager Government, 2nd Edition / edited
by H. George Frederickson. -- Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management
Association, 1995. [G 2.4000 I442 1995]
Mayoral Articles
Mayor's handbook / Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington in cooperation with Association of Washington Cities. -- Seattle, Wash. : MRSC/AWC,
1999.; 110 p. A guide to the powers and duties of town and city mayors in Washington
State. [G 6.8000 M38 1999]
The municipal yearbook / International City/County Management Association.
-- Washington, D.C.: ICMA, annual. Reports on municipal management Issues and
Trends, intergovernmental dimension, staffing and compensation, lists directories,
references, publishers and works relating to municipal government. [G 0.0000
M85 ]
New commissioner handbook / Municipal Research and Services Center of
Washington (MRSC). -- Seattle, Wash. : MRSC, 1998. vii, 47 p. (Report No. 43
/ Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington.) Includes bibliographic
references. A guide for new county commissioners to understand their new role
and responsibilities in county government. [CO 6.6000 N48 1998]
Parliamentary procedure: basics for governmental bodies, by Randi Sutphin,
Agenda Associates, 1998 [G 4.2100 P377 1998]
Professionalism in Local Government - Transformations in the Roles, Responsibilities,
and Values of City Managers / John Nalbandian. -- San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1991. [G2.4000 P755 1991]
Reinventing government : how the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming
the public sector / by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Co., Inc., c1992. [G 0.0009 R455 1992]
Responsive Local Government / International City/County Management Association.
-- Washington, D.C.: ICMA, 1994. (A folder containing a selection of articles,
brochures, and other publications that provide a general overview of the council-manager
form of government) [G 2.4000 R465 1994]
Suggested rules of procedure for small local government boards / A.
Fleming Bell, II. Second edition. -- Chapel Hill, N.C. : Institute of Government,1997.;
vi, 38 p. [G 7.0000 S84 1998**]
"Trends in forms of
government in Washington cities," by Byron Katsuyama, Municipal Research
News, December 1991.
Trust in government [compilation] / Municipal Research and Services
Center. -- Seattle, Wash. MRSC, 1999.; 2 vols. A collection of articles and
works focusing on the relationship between government organizations and the
citizens they serve. [G 9.1525 T78 1999]
The twenty-first century city : resurrecting urban America / Mayor Stephen
Goldsmith. -- Washington, D.C. : Regnery, 1997.; viii, 241 p. The mayor of Indianapolis
explains how he restructured city government to eliminate deficits, rebuild
infrastructure, revitalize neighborhoods, reduce crime, and cut taxes by employing
a philosophy of government acting as a business and perceiving its citizens
as customers. [G 9.1500 T94 1997]
You won - now what? : how Americans can make democracy work from city hall
to the White House / Taegan D. Goddard and Christopher Riback. -- New York
: Scribner, 1998.; 270 p. An entertaining examination of how new government
officials and appointees can take a common sensical approach to public service.
[G 1.6000 Y67 1998]
Working together : a guide for elected and appointed officials / Jane
G. Kazman. -- Washington, D.C. : ICMA, 1999.; 101 p. [G 5.8000 W67 1999]
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