Selected Books
~ Titles, Publishers, and Dates ~
(Past, Present, and Future)
Roger has written several books, edited numerous volumes, and has contributed many chapters to other authors' books. The books he has authored include management and productivity trends in local governments. The works he has edited include such topics as economic development practices, municipal elections trends, common forms of local government, the state of the public infrastructure, the privatization of public services, strategic planning projects, homeland security practices, inner-city renewal and the arts, efforts to restore nature in America's older commuities, and the urban problems facing America's cities. He has also served as a member of several national editorial advisory boards. An abbreviated bibliography of Dr. Kemp's books is provided below.
As Author:
Coping with Proposition 13
(Lexington, 1980)
Coping with Proposition 13:
Strategies for Hard Times
(Krieger, 1988)
(paperback reprint of the 1980 hardback edition)
Managing America's Cities:
A Handbook for Local Government Productivity
(McFarland, 1998)
Managing America's Cities:
A Handbook for Local Government Productivity
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 1998 hardback edition)
As Editor and Contributing Author:
"The Placentia 2000 Project - Long-Range Planning in Local Government"
America's Cities:
Strategic Planning for the Future
(Interstate, 1988)
"Clifton Prepares for the 1990's - The Future Vision Project"
"The Placentia 2000 Project - Long-Range Planning in Local Government"
"A New Planning Model"
Strategic Planning in Local Government:
A Casebook
(Planners Press, 1992)
"Clifton Prepares for the 1990's - The Future Vision Project"
"The Placentia 2000 Project - Long-Range Planning in Local Government"
Strategic Planning for Local Government:
A Handbook for Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 1993)
"Raising Revenues Without Increasing Taxes"
Economic Development in Local Government:
A Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 1995)
"Cities and Society"
"A New Planning Model"
Handbook of Strategic Planning
(Cummings & Hathaway, 1995)
"Strategic Planning for America's Cities"
America's Cities:
Problems and Prospects
(Avebury, London, 1995)
"The Council-Manager Form of Government"
Forms of Government:
A Handbook on City, County and Regional Options
(McFarland, 1999)
"The State of the Cities"
"The Complexity of the Federal Government"
"City Government"
How American Governments Work:
A Handbook of City, County, Regional, State and Federal Operations
(McFarland, 2002)
"City Government"
Model Government Charters:
A City, County, Regional, State, and Federal Handbook
(McFarland, 2003)
"Municipal Self-Investment for Community Renewal"
"The Future of Municipal Self-Investment"
Community Renewal through Municipal Investment:
A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2003)
"Best Practices in Homeland Security"
"The Future of Homeland Security"
Homeland Security:
Best Practices for Local Government
(ICMA, 2003)
"Police Services and Homeland Security Practices"
"Responsibilities for Homeland Security: Federal and State Governments"
"Threat Condition Orange: Common Sense Measures to Safeguard Your Community"
"U. S. Attorney's Office and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council"
Homeland Security Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2006)
"Homeland Security and Emergency Management"
"Assessing the Vulnerability of Buildings"
"Safeguards and Recovery for Businesses"
"Threat Levels Under the Homeland Security Advisory System"
"Volunteerism and Homeland Security"
"Homeland Security"
Homeland Security for the Private Sector: A Handbook
(McFarland, 2007)
"Cities, Change, and Growth"
"Cities and Their Infrastructure"
Cities and Growth: A Handbook for Renewal
(McFarland, 2007)
"City Government"
Model Government Charters:
A City, County, Regional, State, and Federal Handbook
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 2003 hardback edition)
"Municipal Self-Investment for Community Renewal"
"The Future of Municipal Self-Investment"
Community Renewal through Municipal Investment:
A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 2003 hardback edition)
"The State of Cities"
"The Complexity of the Federal Government"
"City Government"
How American Governments Work:
A Handbook of City, County, Regional, State and Federal Operations
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 2002 hardback edition)
"The Council-Manager Form of Government"
Forms of Local Government:
A Handbook on City, County and Regional Options
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 1999 hardback edition)
"Raising Revneues Without Increasing Taxes"
Economic Development in Local Government:
A Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 1995 hardback edition)
"Clifton Prepares for the 1990's: The Future Vision Project"
"The Placentia 2000 Project: Long-Range Planning in Local Government"
Strategic Planning for Local Government:
A Handbook for Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 2008)
(paperback reprint of the 1993 hardback edition)
"Cities, Culture, and the Future"
Museums, Libraries and Urban Vitality:
A Handbook
(McFarland, 2008)
"Cities, Change, and Growth"
"Cities and Their Infrastructure"
Cities and Growth:
A Policy Handbook
(McFarland, 2008)
"Model Practices for Municipal Governments"
Connecticut Municipal Leaders' Handbook
(Connecticut Council of Small Towns, 2008)
As Editor:
America's Infrastructure:
Problems and Prospects
(Interstate, 1986)
Privatization:
The Provision of Public Services by the Private Sector
(McFarland, 1991)
Urban Economic Development:
Successful Case Studies from American Cities
(Cummings & Hathaway, 1995)
Local Government Election Practices:
A Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 1998)
Main Street Renewal:
A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2000)
The Inner City:
A Handbook for Renewal
(McFarland, 2001)
Regional Government Innovations:
A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2003)
Cities and the Arts:
A Handbook for Renewal
(McFarland, 2004)
Cities and Nature:
A Handbook for Renewal
(McFarland, 2005)
Main Street Renewal:
A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials
(McFarland, 2006)
(paperback reprint of the 2000 hardback edition)
Local Government Election Practices:
A Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens
(McFarland, 2006)
(paperback reprint of the 1999 hardback edition)
Cities and Cars:
A Handbook of Best Practices
(McFarland, 2007)
The Inner City:
A Handbood for Renewal
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 2001 hardback edition)
Privatization:
The Provision of Public Services by the Private Sector
(McFarland, 2007)
(paperback reprint of the 1991 hardback edition)
Cities and Sports Stadiums:
A Planning Handbook
(McFarland, 2009)
Cities and Adult Businesses:
A Handbook for Regulatory Planning
(McFarland, 2010)
As Contributing Author:
"One Government's Response"
Managing With Less:
A Book of Readings
(ICMA, 1979)
"Retrenchment Management: Coping With Fewer Tax Dollars"
Cutback Management:
A Trinational Perspective (Transaction Publishers, 1983)
"More on Managing in Hard Times"
Current Municipal Problems
(Callaghan and Company, 1984)
Comments on Papers for
"Services: Choosing Among Policy Options"
Research in Urban Policy:
Coping with Urban Austerity
(JAI Press Inc., 1985)
"Retrenchment Management: Coping with Fewer Tax Dollars"
Current Municipal Problems
(Callaghan and Company, 1985)
"The Council-Manager Form of Government in the United States"
"Up Againt the Wall: Police Productivity in the 1980's"
"Economic Development: Raising Revenues Without New Taxes"
Current Municipal Problems
(Callaghan and Company, 1987)
"More on Police Productivity: Beyond Cutback to Creativity"
"Economic Development: Raising Revenues Without Increasing Taxes"
Current Municipal Problems
(Callaghan and Company, 1988)
"Economic Development: A Private and Public Partnership"
Official South African Municipal Yearbook
(South African Association of Municipal Employees, Republic of South Africa, 1988)
"Emergency Management"
The Encyclopedia of Police Science
(Garland Publishing Company, 1989)
"Program Rankings, Reduction Levels, and Alternative Budgets:
A Rational Method for Decremental Budgeting"
The Hidden Wealth of Cities:
Policy and Productivity Methods for American Local Governments
(JAI Press Inc., 1989; University Press of America, 1994)
"Cities in the Year 2000: The Forces of Change"
Urban Society
(Dushkin Publishing Group, 1991)
"Cities in the Year 2000: The Forces of Change"
Integrated Europe
(Sterling Publishing Company, London, England, 1992)
"Conclusions from the Environmental Scan: Clifton, New Jersey"
"Goals: Placentia, California"
Strategic Planning for Local Government
(ICMA, 1993)
"The Urban Infrastructure: Our World's Cities in Crisis"
World Infrastructure
(Sterling, London, England, 1994)
"Urban Issues in the 21st Century:
The Need for Innovative Planning in the World's Cities"
European Urban Management (EUROCITIES, Brussels, Belgium, 1994)
"U.S. Cities in the Future: The Forces of Change"
Encyclopedia of the Future
(Macmillan, 1996)
"Foreword"
Helping Business:
The Library's Role in Community Economic Development
(Neal-Schuman, 1997)
"Bureaucracy" and "Public Works Infrastructure"
The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy
(Facts on File, Inc., 2003)
"Homeland Security and Police Services"
"Emergency Planning and Management"
(Including Major Trends, Acronyms, Internet Resources, and Bibliography)
Encyclopedia of Police Sciences
(Routledge Reference Book, Taylor and Francis Group, 2006)
"Global Challenges Facing Humanity"
(by invitation)
State of the Future
(American Council for the United Nations University, 2006)
"Forms of Municipal Government"
"Typical Municipal Government Services"
"Governing"
"Finance"
"Information Technology"
"Legal"
"Purchasing"
"Municipal Resource Directory"
Model Practices for Municipal Governments
(CTCMA/ICMA, 2007)
As Editorial Advisory Board Member:
Managing Local Government Services:
A Practical Guide
(ICMA, 2006)
Managing Local Government:
Cases in Decision Making
(ICMA, 1998)
Encyclopedia of the Future
(Macmillan, 1995)
(All publishers are US unless otherwise noted)
Copies of all of Dr. Kemp's books as author, contributing author, and editor are available
on both coasts of the U.S. at the following university libraries:
- East Coast:
~~ Harvard University ~~
Kennedy School Library
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
~~ Yale University ~~
Sterling Memorial Library
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06520
~~ International City/County Management Association ~~
Public Management Library
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4201
- West Coast:
~~ San Diego State University ~~Main Campus Library
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
~~ University of California ~~
IGS Library
Institute of Governmental Studies
109 Moses Hall, Room 2370
Berkeley, CA 94720
~~ Golden Gate University ~~
University Library
Main San Francisco Campus
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(All of the royalties from Dr. Kemp's books are donated annually to public nonprofit organizations)
Most of these books may be reviewed by
entering "Roger Kemp" in the box below.
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