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Local Government Management book cover

1st Edition

Local Government Management

Edited By Nicolas A. Valcik, Teodoro J. Benavides Copyright 2023
408 Pages 22 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

408 Pages 22 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In a recent paradigm shift, local governments find themselves shouldering more responsibility for day-to-day governance and crisis management, thanks to regulations and federal spending cuts. While 20 years ago a book on local government administration might have been considered complete with chapters on budgeting, public personnel management, productivity and responsivity, and community... Read more
  1. Introduction

    2. Paul G. Grimes

  2. Elected Officials and City Managers

    3. Aretha R. Ferrell-Benavides

  3. The City Manager’s Perspective

    4. James Fisher, Jeffrey H. Moshier, and Teodoro J. Benavides

  4. Civic Engagement, Policy, and Management through Digital Strategy and Communication Networks

    5. Sana Salma Syed

  5. Budgeting and Financial Management

    6. Teodoro J. Benavides

  6. Human Resources

    7. Samantha Dean

  7. Economic Development, Land Use, and Resilience Impact on Growth Policy

    8. Trent O. Petty

  8. E-Government, Privacy, Technology, and Innovation

    9. Joe Beauchamp

  9. The Sharing Economy: A Disruptive Innovator for City Government

    10. Jeffrey H. Moshier

  10. Business Stakeholders in Local Government and the Community

    11. John Jacobs

  11. Local Government Management and Paramedicine

    12. Kristi L. Valcik

  12. Municipal Government Relations

    13. Brett Wilkinson

  13. School Districts

    14. Teodoro J. Benavides

  14. Local Government and Nonprofit Relationships

    15. Todd Jordan

  15. Urban Planning and Affordable Housing

    16. Paul Frederiksen

  16. Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the Urban Areas

    17. Celeste Haiduk Cox and Alma Hernandez

  17. Immigration and the American City

    18. Jesus Nava

  18. Green Movement: Environmental Concerns

    19. Jill Jordan

  19. Accountability

    20. Tarron J. Richardson

  20. Strategic Planning and Non-Routine Management Challenges: Homeland Security and Emergency Management, e.g. COVID-19

    21. Nicolas A. Valcik

  21. Epilogue: Trends and Current Issues

Nicolas A. Valcik and Ted J. Benavides

Biography

Nicolas A. Valcik works as the Director of Effectiveness Analytics for a college based in Texas. Previously he worked for Texas Tech University as the Director of Institutional Research, UT-Permian Basin as the Director of Institutional Research and Business Intelligence, Central Washington University as the Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness, and the University of Texas at Dallas as the Associate Director for the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis. He additionally held a faculty appointment for the Program of Public Affairs in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the editor/author of numerous books and chapters for Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Teodoro J. Benavides serves as a faculty member and the MPA Director for the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences’ Public and Nonprofit Management Program. He previously served as a Senior Vice President for the Waters Consulting Group and served from 1998 to 2004 as City Manager of Dallas, Texas. He was responsible for administering all programs and services for the city’s 1.2 million people, overseeing an annual $1.9 billion municipal budget, and directing a workforce of 13,000 employees. Benavides serves as a member of the City of Glenn Heights, Texas, Economic Development Corporation. He is the co-author of City Planning for the Public Manager (Routledge, 2018), Non-Profit Organizations (Routledge, 2015), and Practical Human Resources Management for Public Managers (Routledge, 2011).

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