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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Series Editor’s Introduction
• Introduction
• Part I: Introduction and Theoretical Considerations
• 1. Municipal Size, Resources, and Efficiency: Theoretical Bases for Shared Services and Consolidation
• 2. The Costs of Services Cooperation: A Review of the Literature
• 3. Communities and Culture
• Part II: Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation in Practice
• 4. Service-Level Consolidation and Sharing Arrangements
• 5. Lessons Learned from the Nonprofit–Government Relationship for the Municipal Government Manager
• 6. Managing Interlocal Contracts and Shared Service Relationships
• 7. Do Shared Services Achieve Results? The Performance of Interlocal Agreements
• 8. Toward Interlocal Collaboration: Lessons from a Failed Attempt to Create a Fire Authority
• 9. Mapping the Shared Services Landscape
• 10. Alternative Service Delivery Arrangements: Creativity and Innovation in Local Government
• About the Editor and Contributors
• Index