TY - BOOK TI - Mayors in action: five approaches to urban governance SN - 0471505404 AV - JS141 .K67 PY - 1974///] CY - New York PB - Wiley KW - Mayors KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Urban regions KW - Local government KW - Role of mayors Case studies N1 - "A Wiley-Interscience publication."; Bibliography: p. 275-278.; 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 ER -