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Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this leadership is increasingly connected to global affairs.

Arguing that effective leadership is not just something created by an individual, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto and Leonora Grcheva focus on three elements of city leadership: leaders, the structures and institutions that underpin them, and the tools used to drive change. Each of these elements are examined in turn, as are the major urban policy issues that leaders confront today on the ground. The book also takes a deep dive into one particular example of tool or instrument of city leadership – the strategic urban plan.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: a time for city leadership; 2. Exploring city leadership: catalysts of action; 3. The shape of leadership: actors and structures; 4. Setting priorities: local leadership in a global world; 5. Setting directions: leadership and strategic urban plans; 6. Conclusion: a search for better city leadership; Appendices; References; Index

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Towards Value-Creating Cities -- Why Cities? -- The Concept of a City -- Why Are Cities Public Organisations? -- Public Values and Cities -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I The Concept of Public Values and Cities -- 2 Public Values -- Introduction -- The Concept of Public Value -- Public Value Frameworks -- Public Values-Drivers of Change in Public Organisations -- Objective and Subjective Public Values -- Collective and Individual Public Value -- Creating Public Value -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Public Values and Services -- Introduction -- Services and Cities -- Public Service Content and Service-User Status -- The Forms of Value Creation in Public Services -- Service Practices and Value Creation -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 City Governance -- Introduction -- Perspectives on Governance -- Cities and Meta-Governance -- City Governance and Complexity -- City Governance and Practice -- City Governance and Public Value -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 City Leadership -- Putting City Leadership in Context -- City Leadership: Context and Process -- Which Theories of Leadership Can Help City Leadership Work with Grand Challenges? -- Governance, Government and the Place of Leadership -- City Leadership: Distributed, Adaptive and Complex -- Evidence from Research on the Role of Values in City Leadership in 6 Cities in Finland -- Integrating New Ideas into Dynamic Models of Strategy Implementation -- Network Governance and Strategy Implementation -- Aligning Motives: Values and Norms -- Leadership Work in the Future-Implications for Practitioners -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II Public Values and the Development of Cities -- 6 Urbanisation and Public Values -- Introduction-In Search of the World's Most Functional and Sustainable City?.

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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Governmental Process in Cities -- The Governmental Process -- Four Dimensions of the Governmental Process -- Division of Leadership Responsibilities -- Overview -- 2. Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation in Mayor-Council and Council-Manager Governments -- Two Patterns of Interaction -- The Bases of Conflict and Cooperation -- Characteristics of the Patterns -- Forms of Government and Patterns of Interaction -- Implications for the Study of Official Leadership -- 3. The Significance of Structure -- Governmental Structure, Process, and Consequences -- Division of Responsibility and Form of Government -- Summary of Conceptual Framework -- 4. Mayors: Driving Force Versus Guiding Force -- Perspectives on the Mayoralty -- Resources for Leadership -- Mayor-Council Mayors: Roles and Types of Executive Leadership -- Council-Manager Mayors: Roles and Types of Facilitative Leadership -- Conclusion -- 5. Councils: Counterweight Versus Senior Partner -- Perspectives on Council Roles I: Representation -- Selection and Characteristics of Council Members -- Council Members' Background and Motivation to Serve -- Perspectives on Council Roles II: Governance and Supervision -- Variation in Council Contributions -- Conclusion -- 6. Administrators: Servants, Knaves, or Responsible Professionals? -- Perspectives on Urban Bureaucracy -- Characteristics and Roles of Urban Administrators -- Values of Urban Administrators -- Ethical Obligations of Urban Administrators -- Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion: Improving the Quality of Urban Governance and Management -- Summary of Major Points -- Decreasing Conflict/Promoting Cooperation -- Transfer of Constructive Practices Between Forms of Government -- Consequences of Patterns of Interaction for City Government -- Appendix -- Table A-1. Comparison of Paired Cities.

This work examines the roles of mayors, council members and administrators in the American urban governmental process and seeks to identify ways to improve the performance of these key figures.

1 Introduction -- 2 Public Values approach -- 3 Public Values, cities and services -- 4 Ethics, Values and Public Value -- 5 Urbanization and Public Values -- 6 Knowledge-Based Community and Public Values -- 7 Economic development policy and Public Values -- 8 Digitalisation and Public Values -- 9 City Governance -- 10 City Leadership -- 11 Citizen capabilities for making meaningful cities -- 12 Conclusions.