National Civic Review articles from December 2003

National Civic Review archives from December 2003

Note from the editor.(Introduction)
December 22, 2003... Over the years, National Civic Review has sought to draw attention to work being done by NCL and others dedicated to strengthening civil society in communities across the country that tends to remain relatively unnoticed by the national...

Citizens' district councils in Detroit: the promise and limits of using planning advisory boards to promote citizen participation.(Essays)(Michigan)
December 22, 2003... This article examines the promise and limits of using planning advisory boards to augment citizen participation. Specifically, a case study of citizens' district councils in Detroit, Michigan, is examined. Citizens' district councils are...

Citizenship without politics? A critique of pure service.(Essays)
December 22, 2003... Parts of this article were drawn from a chapter in E. J. Dionne Jr., K. M. Drogosz, and R. Litan (eds.), United We Serve: National Service and the Future of Citizenship. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. Reprinted by...

The promise of national service: a (very) brief history of an idea.(Essays)
December 22, 2003... Americans are always in favor of national service--except when we are not. Public rhetoric in the United States has always laid heavy stress on the obligations of citizenship. "With rights come responsibilities." It's a statement that rolls...

North Carolina civic index: a benchmark study impacts state-level policy.(Essays)(North Carolina Civic Education Consortium)
December 22, 2003... "This civics stuff is boring and not very relevant to my life today or what I want to do in the future." This quote from a North Carolina high school student reflects hundreds of comments made by other students in 1997 during a statewide...

The role of foundations in informing policymakers.(Essays)
December 22, 2003... John Iglehart raises a crucial question: What role can and should foundations play in informing policymakers, in any policy arena? Several major U.S. foundations wrestle with this very question. How should they inform legislators of lessons...

Homeland security: trends in America.(Essays)
December 22, 2003... This article, based on national research, is adapted from the chapter "The Future of Homeland Security, " by Roger L. Kemp, in R. L. Kemp (ed.), Homeland Security: Best Practices for Local Government. Reprinted with permission of the...

Mocking democracy? Implementing the Help America Vote Act.(Political Reform)
December 22, 2003... Almost one year after President Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAYA) into law, many election observers are becoming gravely concerned that a catastrophic disaster is looming for the 2004 elections. Passed in the wake of the 2000...

Noncitizen voting rights: extending the franchise in the United States.(Political Reform)
December 22, 2003... As the world grows closer in terms of population mobility, capital investment, labor markets, cultural production, and high technology, it is imperative that we create political norms to make these...

The civic mission of schools.(Community Building)(report on and recommendations for civics education)(National Civic League)
December 22, 2003... Everyone who cares about America's civic condition should be deeply concerned about the state of civic education in our schools. We are not doing as well as we used to in educating students for citizenship, which is one reason we see a less...