National Civic Review articles from December 2001

National Civic Review archives from December 2001

Note from the president.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Events over the past year, from the election of 2000 to the tragedy of September 11, have changed how we think about and practice politics in this country Easy assumptions of endless economic expansion amid ever-rising stock prices, ensured...

The American communities movement.
December 22, 2001... ********** Across the United States, a number of community-based movements and local groups share complementary visions and approaches to community transformation. This article gives an overview of these movements and examines some of...

Civic gemstones: The emergent communities movement.
December 22, 2001... ********** What we seek--at every level--is pluralism that achieves some kind of coherence, wholeness incorporating diversity Diversity is not simply "good" in that it implies a breadth of tolerance and sympathy A community of diverse...

Linking civic engagement and community improvement: A practitioner perspective on the communities movement.
December 22, 2001... ********** It may seem self-evident that constructive civic engagement usually produces community improvement and that significant community improvements usually reflect the exercise of effective civic engagement. Yet the linkage between...

Investment-based business plans for human service delivery: A new model takes shape in Des Moines, Iowa.
December 22, 2001... ********** Numerous difficulties attend efforts to bring human service professionals and neighborhood residents together to address community needs. Individuals who can successfully navigate among local service systems, government...

Community indicators: Past, present, and future.
December 22, 2001... ********** A number of parallel efforts with a common focus (on balancing environmental, economic, and social concerns) and an emphasis on community participation emerged during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Healthy Community and...

Healthy communities: Beyond civic virtue.
December 22, 2001... ********** A clean environment, sound public health, and a sustainable economy are all essential aspects of a healthy community. In the United States, responsibility for these policy areas has historically been allocated across levels of...

Citizen participation and democracy: Examples in science and technology.
December 22, 2001... ********** In West Harlem, New York, students from the local high school are working with researchers from Columbia University's School of Public Health to determine air quality levels and correlate them with the rate of asthma in the...

Sustainable communities and the future of community movements.
December 22, 2001... ********** There has been an impressive flowering of community-oriented movements in recent years, of which the Sustainable Community movement is one of the best developed. Although the term itself may not be familiar, many of the...

The new public service: Putting democracy first.
December 22, 2001... ********** One of the most important developments in political life today is a dramatic change in how public policy is being developed. In the past, government played the predominant role in what has been called the "steering of...