Starnes (public management, Austin Peay State U.) utilizes case studies to help entry-level city administrators in the US and undergraduate students improve their public management and
governance skills. She explains academic theories, concepts, historical movements, and administrative tools that link academic principles to practice, such as political economic theory, the
municipal ownership movement, universalism and individualism, strategic decision-making, and externalities, and applies them to case studies drawn from situations in Clarksville, Tennessee, on
city-state relationships and city charters, urban redevelopment, authority and police power, policy making, personnel management, electric utilities, traffic congestion, funding for nonprofit
organizations, housing and shelter, finance and accounting management, airport authority, and animal welfare and control. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
