#  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](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/datasmart/files/competitive_government.pdf "competitive_government.pdf").

BOOKS & CHAPTERS

*By Stephen Goldsmith*

- Goldsmith, Stephen. "[Case Study 1: Wastewater Competition](https://web.archive.org/web/20250206153417/https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/files/datasmart/files/11387.pdf?m=1632861251)." The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. (1997).
- Goldsmith, Stephen. “[City Services in the Competitive Marketplace](https://web.archive.org/web/20250206153401/https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/files/datasmart/files/11389.pdf?m=1632861288).” 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](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/2025-07/Faith%20in%20Neighborhoods.pdf "Having Faith in Our Neighborhoods: The Front Porch Alliance").” In[ ](https://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2000/american_experiment.aspx)*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](https://web.archive.org/web/20250206153413/https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/files/datasmart/files/11451.pdf?m=1632861366)." *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](https://web.archive.org/web/20250206153403/https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/files/datasmart/files/11388.pdf?m=1632861425).” 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*.](https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/twentyfirst-century-city-9780847692514/) 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.](https://www.amazon.com/Innovation-American-Government-Challenges-Opportunities/dp/0815703570) 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.](http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-02-874027-0) New York, NY: The Free Press (1995) 105-115, 282-284.
- Osborne, David and Peter Plastrik. [Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government.](https://www.amazon.com/Banishing-Bureaucracy-Strategies-Reinventing-Government/dp/0452279801) Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (1997) 115-156.
- Savas, E.S. [Privatization in the City: Successes, Failures, Lessons.](https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/privatization-in-the-city/book236291) 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](https://www.civicfed.org/sites/default/files/Managed%20Competition%20Issue%20Brief.pdf)." School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (December 6, 2005)
- Husock, Howard, and Linda Kaboolian[.“Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis”](http://case.hks.harvard.edu/mayor-stephen-goldsmith-organizing-competition-in-indianapolis-a/) Harvard Kennedy School Case Study 1269.0, 1270.0, 1270.1 (1995).
- Kaplan, Robert S. "[Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=4977)." 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](https://search.issuelab-dev.org/resources/6496/6496.pdf).” 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](https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jbl/vol5/iss3/2/).” 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.”](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9906.00002/epdf) Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 27-32.
- Goldsmith, Stephen.[ "Waste Not."](https://www.city-journal.org/article/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.”](https://cde.org.za/creating-urban-citizens-stephen-goldsmith-and-americas-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."](https://mises.org/library/privatization-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](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/datasmart/files/competitive_government.pdf "competitive_government.pdf"). Published by the City of Indianapolis (1999).
- McGovern, Stephen J. [“Ideology, Consciousness, and Inner-City Redevelopment: The Case of Stephen Goldsmith’s Indianapolis.”](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9906.00001/full) Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 1-26.
- McGovern, Stephen J. [“Response to Stephen Goldsmith.”](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/doi/10.1111/1467-9906.00003/epdf) Journal of Urban Affairs 25, no. 1 (2003) 33-36.
- Meyer, Harvey. ["Indianapolis Speeds Away."](http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/eb039937) Journal of Business Strategy. (May/June 1998) 41-46.
- Neal, Terry M. [“Midwestern Mayor Shapes Bush's Message.”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/goldsmith060599.htm) 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.](https://www.independent.org/multimedia/2015/01/23/fixing-americas-cities-privatization-and-community-empowerment/?media=video)" Independent Institute. (April 1999).
- [“Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor.”](https://www.c-span.org/person/?stephengoldsmith) C-SPAN. (1992-1999)