Table of Contents

Cover Page
Foreword
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Cpt.I The Development of the Manager Plan
Table, Manager Plan Adoptions 
Early Manager Adoptions
Council-Manager Charters
The Town Meeting Form
Early Town Meeting - Selectman - Manager Charters
The 1939 Town Manager Enabling Act
Early Development of the Manager Plan
Relief of Overburdened Selectmen
More Effective Government
Satisfaction with the Plan in Surrounding Communities
Experiment with the Town Agent
The Emergency Municipal Finance Board
The Enabling Act of 1939
Pressure from Local Individuals or Groups
Political Scientists in Maine
Conclusions
Cpt.II Maine's Town Manager Plan Structure
The Model
The Structure of the Maine Manager Plan
The Council-Manager Form
The Town Meeting-Council-Manager Form
Town Meeting-Selectmen-Manager Form
The Mayor-Council-Administrator Form
Town Meeting-Selectmen-Administrative Assistant Form
Summary - Analysis
Cpt.III Recent Developments and the Maine Manager Plan in the Future
Town Meeting Abandonments
Town Manager Law
Home Rule
The Administrative Assistant Model
The Future of the Manager Plan
Cpt.IV Council-Manager Plan: Nationwide Developments
Roles and Relations
Conflict, Turnover, and Frustrations
Future Directions
Return to Manager Plan Cover Page