Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Cantine, R. R. How practicing urban administrators view themselves.--Miller, G. W. Manpower in the public sector.--Bent, A. E. and Noblit, G. W. Collective bargaining in local government.--Nigro, F. A. The implications for public administration.--Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The beginnings of a balanced fiscal system.--Banfield, E. C. Revenue sharing in theory and practice.--Wilson, J. Q. Dilemmas of police administration.--Rossum, R. A. Problems of judicial administration.--Silk, D. Education and liberal reform--Gans, H. J. Planning for people, not buildings.--Wamsley, G. L. and Zald, M. N. The political economy of public organizations.--Smith, M. P. Alienation and bureaucracy.--Fritschler, A. L. and Segal, M. Intergovernmental relations and contemporary political science.--Zimmerman, J. Metropolitan reform in the U.S.--Bent, A. E. Home rule vs. regionalism--Schmandt, H. Municipal decentralization.--Lipsky, M. Street-level bureaucracy and the analysis of urban reform.--Watt, G. W., Parker, J. K., and Cantine, R. R. Roles of the urban administrator in the 1970's and the knowledge and skills required to perform these roles.--Bent, A. E. Administration of the urban nation.