In recent years, there has been a surge in the study of representation and elections in local
politics. Scholars have made progress on many of the empirical barriers that stymied earlier …

The 100th anniversary of the International City/County Management Association provides an
excellent point to review and assess research on the performance of the council‐manager …

ST. AIDAN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, built in 1911, sat in the middle of a relatively dense and
highly desirable residential area in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was, among other things …

Municipal governments play a vital role in American democracy, as well as in governments
around the world. Despite this, little is known about the degree to which cities are responsive …

Increasingly, local governments are crafting policy to tackle climate change. This article
examines why cities develop and implement climate change programs. The authors …

Does it matter for municipal policy which party controls the mayorship in municipal
government? The bulk of the existing evidence says no. But there are a variety of theoretical …

We study the extent of political homophily—the tendency to form connections with others
who are politically similar—in local governments' decisions to participate in an important …

As the vulnerability of cities to the effects of climate change increases, so does the urgency
of and interest in urban transformational adaptation. To date, however, research has not …

Why do some governments implement more sustainability practices than others? Based on
a national survey of US cities, this article finds moderate levels of sustainability efforts and …

Over the past fifty years, the “special status” of education decision-making has been eroded.
Once the province of local and state school boards, decisions about schools and schooling …