| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Ackowledgments | |
| Pt. 1 | A Theory of the Public Entrepreneur | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | Public Entrepreneurs as Agents of Change | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Bringing Back the Entrepreneur: Neoclassical Economic Models and the Role of the Entrepreneur | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | The Functions of Political Entrepreneurs in the Local Market for Public Goods | 41 |
| Pt. 2 | The Decision Calculus of the Public Entrepreneur | 61 |
| Ch. 4 | The Market for Entrepreneurs | 63 |
| Ch. 5 | The Emergence of Political Entrepreneurs | 81 |
| Ch. 6 | Entrepreneurs, Policy Dimensions, and the Politics of Growth | 109 |
| Ch. 7 | Entrepreneurial Challenges to the Status Quo: The Case of the Growth Machine | 128 |
| Ch. 8 | Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: The Case of City Managers | 147 |
| Pt. 3 | The Milieux of the Public Entrepreneur | 169 |
| Ch. 9 | The Business-Government Nexus in the Local Market for Entrepreneurs | 171 |
| Ch. 10 | Entry, Voice, and Support for Entrepreneurs | 185 |
| Pt. 4 | Entrepreneurs and Change in the Local Market for Public Goods | 211 |
| Ch. 11 | Entrepreneurs and Change in the Local Market for Public Goods | 213 |
| Notes | 223 |
| Bibliography | 239 |
| Index | 257 |
