JACK P. DeSARIO is Associate Professor at Mount Union College and director of the pre-law program. Chair of the Ohio Ethic Commission, he publishes extensively in areas of public policy. Among his books are Citizen Participation and Democracy (Greenwood, 1987) and Managing Local Government.SUE R. FAERMAN is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, State University of New York at Albany. She publishes in the areas of management education and development and managerial transitions, and is co-author of Becoming a Master Manager.JAMES D. SLACK is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration, California State University at Bakersfield. He is recipient of the Burchfield Award in public administration for his research on the public administration of AIDS. Among his publications are AIDS and the Public Work Force: Local Government Preparedness in Managing the Epidemic and Managing Local Government.

• Preface Introduction to Local Government The Changing Environment of Local Government Training Theory and Approaches Current and Future Training and Assistance Needs Additional Training and Assistance Needs for Now and in the Future Preparing Municipalities for the 21st Century Appendix A: Survey Instrument Appendix B: Illustrations of Training Modules and Activities References Index