Download or read book Electing a Mega Mayor written by R. Michael McGregor and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a thorough account of the attitudes and behaviour of electors towards the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election.
Download or read book Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America written by Sean D. Foreman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral trends in urban politics. Cities are facing varied predicaments. Boston was rocked by the bombing of the marathon on April 15. Detroit is roiled by being the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy, and Chicago, which had an open, competitive election in 2011, is dealing with significant gun violence. San Diego’s mayor resigned in August 2013 due to sexual harassment charges and other mayors are surrounded by corruption scandals. Houston and St. Louis had non-competitive elections recently but their mayors are notable for their tenure in office and emphasis will be on public policy outcomes in those cases. Leaders in most cities face dramatic changes and challenges due to economic and social realities. The Keys to City Hall offers a complete and succinct review and analysis of the top mayoral campaigns in major American cities in recent years as well as the politics and public policy management of those urban areas. Emerging theories of urban governance, demographic changes, and economic conditions are examined in introductory chapters; the introduction will provide a unique and comprehensive focus on major trends in advertisement, changes in campaign strategies, fundraising, and the use of social media at the local level. In Part Two, scholars with expertise in local politics, urban public policy, and the governance explore some of the largest and most noteworthy U.S. cities, each of which has a recent, competitive mayoral election. They will also provide updated data on mayoral powers and problems faced by local executives. Written as lively narratives in a highly readable style, this book advances theory on urban politics by reviewing developments in the field and aligning theoretical approaches with realities on the ground based on the most recent elections and governance structures. As such, it will be a much needed resource to scholars interested in local politics, and the public policy debates of specific major urban and metropolitan areas.
Download or read book Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics written by Jack Lucas and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena. For some, municipal politics is distinct from other levels of government, a world of non-ideological elections, pragmatic and technical policymaking, and issue-by-issue policy coalitions. Others argue that municipal politics is similar to politics at other scales, with persistent axes of political disagreement and a recognizable “left” and “right.” This recurring debate features prominently in municipal election campaigns across Canada. In Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics, Jack Lucas investigates municipal ideology in Canada. Using data from original surveys of municipal politicians and the Canadian public, the book reveals how municipal politics is clearly structured by left-right ideology. It shows that municipal politicians represent their constituents’ ideological preferences quite well: they understand their constituents’ ideological perspectives, they align with their constituents’ preferences, and they are elected in part because of their ideological alignment with voters. A lively and accessible study, Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics will appeal to readers interested in municipal politics, political ideology, and political representation.
Download or read book Politicking written by William Rauch and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former press secretary, advance man and confidant to New York mayor Ed Koch gives an unusually candid account of how the political game is played and won in both big city and small-town America today.
Download or read book More Than Mayor Or Manager written by James H. Svara and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than Mayor or Manager offers in-depth case studies of fourteen large U.S. cities that have considered changing their form of government over the past two decades. The case studies shed light on what these constitutional contests teach us about different forms of governmentùthe causes that support movements for change, what the advocates of change promised, what is at stake for the nature of elected and professional leadership and the relationship between leaders, and why some referendums succeeded while others failed. --
Download or read book To be Mayor of New York written by Chris McNickle and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Koch, the city's only Jewish mayors, and of David Dinkins, New York's first African-American mayor. McNickle shows how the careers of these men were part of the political evolution of their respective ethnic groups. To Be Mayor of New York concludes with an analysis of the 1989 mayoral election, and takes a hard look at the political landscape facing David Dinkins and his challengers in 1993.
Download or read book Madame Mayor written by Marty Blum and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marty Blum shares with the readers her experiences as mayor of a world-renowned city, Santa Barbara, California. Beginning with her election to the city's highest office, she describes the day-to-day life of the mayor, the services for the residents, and votes she regrets as well as those that turned out well. Marty also writes about her encounters with famous people, her work with other mayors, and her meetings with the US Conference of Mayors. Her travels included most of Santa Barbara's sister cities, lunch with a prince in France, meeting three US presidents, and attending an international mayors' meeting in Cuba. Madame Mayor is a joy to read. Marty writes with such enthusiasm for politics that she may even inspire you to run for elected office!
Download or read book Mayor Mike written by Simpson Gray and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A publish-on-demand work praising the work of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in improving public schools. Written in 2008, the author outlines reasons why Bloomberg could run a successful campaign for United States President that year.
Download or read book The Mega city in Latin America written by United Nations University and published by UN. This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains chapters on each of Latin America's six large cities (Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and Santa Fé de Bogotá). It has four thematic chapters. the first discusses the demography of urban growth in the region and the other three focus on what are particularly sensitive issues in very large cities : public administration, transportation, and land, housing, and infrastructure. (Adapté du résumé de l'éditeur).
Download or read book How a Goat Became Mayor and the Political Spring That Followed written by Ricco Garcia and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 11 pm on Election Night, my little brother (and co-author) called me. I hesitated to pick up the phone because I knew what the call was about. When I answered he described the scene at his law school following Hillary Clinton's probable loss as one of total despair. Every pollster said this could not happen, but here we were - watching Donald Trump successfully pull off one of the biggest political upsets of all time. The next day reality sank in, and my brother and I were on the phone once again, but this time the conversation was different. We were discussing just how this happened, and researching whether there were examples in history that could explain this phenomenon. What we found is that results like the 2016 presidential election had happened before and at all levels of government from mayoral races to races for the White House. In our research and analysis we found there are many ways a politician can be upset by their opponent, such as not understanding their electorate properly, lack of data, or being outmaneuvered technology wise (failing to innovate). Ultimately, we discovered that there is no set way to win an election, but by not changing from past styles incumbents and new candidates alike guarantee an eventual loss. To demonstrate this point, we will walk through goat mayor Clay Henry's election, Jesse Ventura's rise to governorship, Barack Obama's election, Donald Trump's campaign points, an exclusive look into how the PAN took the Mexican state of Tamaulipas from the PRI written by the President of DIF Reynosa, and many other upset elections.
Download or read book Was it Worth It written by Peter Iasillo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does an elected official after twenty-three years of active involvement as both a Village Trustee and Mayor want to write a book about his years in office? Shouldn't he rest on his laurels and not seek to create more problems by his retirement? Maybe it's ego. Maybe it's a way of leaving to his family a history of the village that he loved and served.
Download or read book It Happened Four Years Ago written by Peter Zelchenko and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LaRue for Mayor written by Mark Teague and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Make a Mayor written by Deborah L. Tucker and published by University Press of Amer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Make a Mayor chronicles the events that followed a surprising act by two-term Mayor Federico Pena on Wednesday, November 28, 1990. Pena willingly giving up his seat of power would prove to be the first in a series of incredible twists and turns that would make Denver's 1991 mayoral race forever distinctive. What political observers thought would be a lackluster race with front-runner District Attorney Norm Early attaining an easy victory turned into one of the most fascinating municipal stories of all time. Instead of Early, the people chose Wellington Webb, the clear underdog with one-third the campaign funds of his opponent, to succeed Pena. To Make a Mayor is a marvelous study in the fallibility of public opinion polls; a repudiation of the classic role that money and influence play in municipal politics; and a complete disavowal of what conventional politics declare is necessary to be mayor.
Download or read book The Original Canadian City Dweller s Almanac written by Hal Niedzviecki and published by Viking Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unmaking of a Mayor written by William F. Buckley (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Liberty Bell written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
