Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Strategies and Services During Fiscal Stress contains facts, figures, and research-based articles on management trends and intergovernmental relations: (1) Economic Development Strategies for Recessionary Times, (2) The Hurt Divide: Residents’ Appreciation for Local Government Services in Tough Times, (3) How Local Governments Are Navigating the Fiscal Crisis, and (4) Building Child- and Age-Friendly Communities in Tight Fiscal Times.

Selections from The Municipal Year Book: On Innovative Practices contains facts, figures, and research-based articles on management trends and intergovernmental relations: (1) Award-Winning Innovations in 2011: Exploring the Boundaries of Transformation and (2) Recurrent Themes in Local Government Innovation.