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McNitt, Andrew. "Performance in Office of Big City Mayors: 1820-1995" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 20, 2006 <Not Available>. 2008-12-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p138841_index.html>

McNitt, A. D. , 2006-04-20 "Performance in Office of Big City Mayors: 1820-1995" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <PDF>. 2008-12-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p138841_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper examines the performance in office of 846 individuals who were mayors of nineteen major cities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Biographical accounts of mayors� terms typically list a number of non routine accomplishments. Four non routine aspects of performance in office are examined physically developing a city, controlling conflict, providing social service, and avoiding corruption. The analysis indicates that mayors are most successful in promoting the physical and organizational development of their cities and less successful at adding programs designed to improve social services and regulate behavior. Although individuals who were mayor before 1830 show relatively high levels of accomplishments, activism in general declined after 1830 and only gradually recovered at the end of the nineteenth century. While government structure has little impact on accomplishments, political power as measured by the distinction between those mayors who first entered politics by winning elective office and those who first came to office through other means is related to success in physically developing their cities, providing social services and regulating conflict. Further, implementing new social services seems to be largely a function of mayoral preferences while corruption is most closely related to machine politics.

Politics By Other Means: Urban Black Churches, Community Development Corporations, and Public Policy

Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms in Post-Communist and Pre-EU Romania: Developing a Democratic Public Service