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In Managing Urban America, Eighth Edition, the authors guide students through the politics of urban management—doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods/ services, responding to federal/ state mandates, adapting to changing demographics,/ coping with economic/ budgetary challenges. This revision: highlights the difficulties cities confront as they deal with the lingering economic challenges of the 2008 Recession evaluates the concept of e-government,/ offers numerous examples in both theory/ practice considers environmental issues/ the implications for urban government management includes new case studies, including some with a global perspective as the authors examine the management of international cities thoroughly updates all data/ scholarship.