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The Municipal Year Book 2013 contains facts, figures, and directories listing nearly 70,000 local government officials in the most extensive listing available anywhere. This e-book also features research-based articles on management trends and intergovernmental relations: (1) Growing Income Disparity and the Implications for Local Government, (2) Perspectives on Changes in City Government Structure, (3) Local Government Support for Food System Development: An Initial Scan of the Landscape, (4) Building Child- and Age-Friendly Communities in Tight Fiscal Times, (5) Collaborative Governance and Leadership: A 2012 Survey of Local Government Collaboration, (6) Electronic Democracy at the Grass Roots, (7) Volunteer Use in Local Government Service Delivery, (8) Recurrent Themes in Local Government Innovation, (9) CAO Salary and Compensation: Stability Is the Trend, (10) Police and Fire Personnel, Salaries, and Expenditures for 2012, and (11) Professional, Special Assistance, and Educational Organizations Serving Local and State Governments.