City Caesars? Institutional structure and mayoral success in three California cities

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-43

  Mullin, Megan ^a   Peele, Gillian ^b   Cain, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

City charter; City structure; Leadership; Mayors; Reform

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL POWER; URBAN POLITICS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344621081     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404265391     Document Type: Article

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