Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

11. What is the mayor-council plan, and what changes are being brought about in it?

12. What is the commission plan of city government? How did it arise? What can be said for and against it?

13. Compare the commission plan with the city manager plan.

14. What is the chief merit of the city manager plan?

Required Readings

1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter xxxvi.

Or all of the following:

2. Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xlv.

3. Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xxxi.

4. Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xli.