Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

20. Municipal finances. (Beard, American City Government, chapter v.)

21. The franchise problem. (Beard, American City Government, chapter vii.)

22. Municipal ownership as a political problem. (Beard, American City Government, chapter viii.)

23. The commission plan of municipal government. (Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xliii; see also any other standard text on American government.)

24. The city manager plan of municipal government. (Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xliii; see also any other standard text on American government.)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

25. Municipal ownership of public utilities in your community.

26. Are the municipalities of your state too narrowly restricted by the state constitution and the state legislature?

27. The solution of the franchise problem.

28. Respective merits of the mayor-council plan, the commission plan, and the city manager plan, with particular reference to your municipality.