Frederickson, H. George; Gary A. Johnson and Curtis H. Wood
M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2004

This book explores the ever-changing political organization and administrative management of American cities. The authors point out that government is "rigid, static, and deeply resistant to change," but note that "American cities are malleable, plastic, changeable, and responsive." The Adapted City concentrates on how cities have changed and are changing.