Mayors in action: five approaches to urban governance [by] John P. Kotter [and] Paul R. Lawrence. - New York, Wiley [1974] - ix, 287 p 24 cm.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

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Current conceptions of the mayor -- A new framework -- Agenda setting -- Network building and maintenance -- Accomplishing tasks -- Patterns of behavior: the identification of five types of mayor -- Pattern dynamics: constructing a model of mayoral be havior -- Atlanta: a case study in mayoral behavior -- Successful and unsuccessful coalignment behavior -- Pattern emergence -- Pattern impact: rating the mayor's performance -- Implications for social scientists: a coalignment model of administration -- Implications for mayors -- The future: some disturbing trends.

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