National Civic Review articles from June 2000

National Civic Review archives from June 2000

A New Agenda for Social Change.
June 22, 2000... The National Civic League's 105th Conference on Governance was entitled "New Politics for a New Century." As one might expect, the discussion was partly about the need for specific political reform, but there was a deeper underlying question:...

The State of the Movement.(Panel Discussion)
June 22, 2000... Editor's note: the 105th National Conference on Governance, "New Politics for a New Century," opened with a plenary panel of national experts who brought together diverse perspectives on political reform and democratic renewal. The plenary...

Local Innovators.(Panel Discussion)
June 22, 2000... Editor's note: Some of the most exciting and innovative developments in political reform have been made at the local level. This conference session, moderated by Ric Bainter, highlights reforms that have been implemented in Los Angeles, New...

Reflections on the Program for Community Problem Solving.
June 22, 2000... The last decade of the twentieth century has been a time of significant change for the field of community collaboration and consensus building. Ten years ago, even the word collaboration had negative connotations for many who remembered it in...

Toward a Healthy Democracy.
June 22, 2000... Over the past ten years, the healthy-communities movement has gained momentum in the United States. In the arenas of health care and public health, its proponents have, to an impressive degree, succeeded in broadening the concept of health:...

The Riddle of Community-Based Initiatives.
June 22, 2000... Community organization, development, and action have long been strategies for effecting social change. The 1980s and 1990s have seen the latest cycle of policies that attempt to improve social conditions by focusing on the community as a...