The Indianapolis Experience

A list of resources about Stephen Goldsmith’s tenure as mayor of Indianapolis.

SUMMARY PRESENTATION

Goldsmith, Stephen. Competitive Government: The Indianapolis Experience.

BOOKS & CHAPTERS

By Stephen Goldsmith

• Goldsmith, Stephen. "Case Study 1: Wastewater Competition." The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. (1997).
• Goldsmith, Stephen. “City Services in the Competitive Marketplace.” In Making Government Work: Lessons from America’s Governors and Mayors. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2000) 173-184.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. “Having Faith in Our Neighborhoods: The Front Porch Alliance.” In What’s God Got to do with the American Experiment? Edited by E.J. Dionne Jr. and John J. DiIulio. Washington, DC Brookings Institution Press (2000) 72-80.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. Introduction and Chapter One: "Managing City Finances: Doing More For Less." The Entrepreneurial City: A How-To-Handbook for Urban Innovators. Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute. (1999) 1-15.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. “Restructuring Labor- Management Relations to Improve Government Services.” In Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services. Champaign, IL: Labor and Employment Relations Association (2003) 107-124.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (1999).

About Stephen Goldsmith

• Altshuler, Alan A. and Robert D. Behn, eds. Innovation in American Government: Challenges, Opportunities, and Dilemma. Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press (1997) 58-59.
• Eggers, William and John O’Leary. Revolution at the Roots: Making Our Government Smaller, Better, and Closer to Home. New York, NY: The Free Press (1995) 105-115, 282-284.
• Osborne, David and Peter Plastrik. Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (1997) 115-156.
• Savas, E.S. Privatization in the City: Successes, Failures, Lessons. Washington D.C.: CQ Press (2005) 50-64.

CASE STUDIES

About Stephen Goldsmith and Indianapolis

• Chang, Hai-Chiao, Youhei Itou, Velika Kabakchieva, Lesia Lozowy, Ramon Munoz-Raskin, Rene Ramos, Mark Seaman, and Yasemin Tugce Turner. "Managed Competition in Indianapolis: The Case of Indianapolis Fleet Services." School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (December 6, 2005)
• Husock, Howard, and Linda Kaboolian.“Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis” Harvard Kennedy School Case Study 1269.0, 1270.0, 1270.1 (1995).
• Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 196-115, February 1996. (Revised November 2003.)
• Reingold, Janet, Jennifer Wootton and Andrew Hahn. “The Indy Story: Urban Systems Reforms and Community Revitalization in Indianapolis During the Stephen Goldsmith Years.” Annie E. Casey Foundation (2000).

JOURNALS & NEWS ARTICLES

By Stephen Goldsmith

• Goldsmith, Stephen, and Mark E. Schneider. “Partnering for Public Value: New Approaches in Public Employee Labor-Management Relations.” University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law 5, no. 3 (Spring 2003) 415-425.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. "Indianapolis Makes it Clear: System Works." The Atlanta-Journal Constitution (August 9, 1998).
• Goldsmith, Stephen. “Rejoinder to Ideology and Inner City Redevelopment: Conservative Activism.” Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 27-32.
• Goldsmith, Stephen. "Waste Not." City Journal (Winter, 1998).

About Stephen Goldsmith

• Berger, Peter, ed. “Creating Urban Citizens: Stephen Goldsmith and America’s new urbanism in the city of Indianapolis.” The Centre for Development and Enterprise, New Frontiers, no.2 (2003) 1-19.
• Chapman, John L. "The Privatization of Public Services." The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. February 21, 2008.
• Cohen, Steven and William Eimicke. “Is Public Entrepreneurship Ethical? A Second Look at Theory and Practice.” Public Integrity Annual. (1999) 54-74.
• The Indianapolis Experience: 1992-1999. Published by the City of Indianapolis (1999).
• McGovern, Stephen J. “Ideology, Consciousness, and Inner-City Redevelopment: The Case of Stephen Goldsmith’s Indianapolis.” Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 1-26.
• McGovern, Stephen J. “Response to Stephen Goldsmith.” Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 33-36.
• Meyer, Harvey. "Indianapolis Speeds Away." Journal of Business Strategy. (May/June 1998) 41-46.
• Neal, Terry M. “Midwestern Mayor Shapes Bush's Message.” The Washington Post. (June 5, 1999).
• Pullman, Bill. "Bush Leaves Faith-based Legacy." The Indianapolis Star (August 30, 2008).

VIDEO

About Stephen Goldsmith

• "Fixing America's Cities: Privatization and Community Empowerment." Independent Institute. (April 1999).
• “Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor.” C-SPAN. (1992-1999)