National Civic Review articles from June 2007

National Civic Review archives from June 2007

Note from the editor.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... "I never intended to write a book," notes Matt Leighninger in the acknowledgments section of his recent book, The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance. After years of working for the Study Circles...

Revitalizing Kansas City.(Interview)
June 22, 2007... "The city of Kansas City, Missouri, is in the midst of a major urban renaissance," says the first line of the city's application to the 2006 All-America City Award. Civic activists, business leaders, and government officials have a vision of...

Is everything up to date in Kansas City? Why "citizen involvement" may soon be obsolete.
June 22, 2007... Ray Daniels knew all about the key role that parents play in student achievement. Daniels was the superintendent of schools in Kansas City, Kansas (KCK), an ethnically diverse, blue-collar city of 150,000 people that sits right across the river...

The twelve competencies: leadership training for local government officials.
June 22, 2007... About ten years ago, I teamed up with David Tees of the University of Texas at Arlington and key staff members of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) to develop a series of training manuals for local elected leaders...

Respecting, listening, and empowering: three vital factors of increasing civic engagement in American teenagers.
June 22, 2007... Walt Whitman once said that youth was wasted on the young. Unfortunately a lot of adults seem to agree. Opinion polls suggest that many adults view young people as irresponsible and uninterested in civic and political issues. At the same...

Constructing a modern democracy, one forum at a time.
June 22, 2007... The way Americans engage in politics and communicate with their leaders continues to evolve. It may never have been the case that simply casting a vote for a particular candidate was sufficient for a citizen to fully voice his or her opinions...

Election day registration.(POLITICAL REFORM)
June 22, 2007... This article was adapted from "Voters Win with Election Day Registration, " a report published in February 2007 by DEMOS: A Network for Ideas and Action. www.demos.org MOS POLICY BRIEF Election Day Registration (EDR), sometimes called...

Case study: institutionalizing service-learning at Fort Hays University.(CIVIC ENGAGEMENT)(Case study)
June 22, 2007... Partnerships between institutes of higher education and the community benefit both constituents. Providing collaboration to enhance student learning while extending much-needed assistance to these often nonprofit organizations is a winning...

The new Mainers: state and local agencies form partnerships to help Somali immigrants.(COMMUNITY BUILDING)
June 22, 2007... Rapid relocation of more than twenty-four hundred Somali refugee secondary migrants to Lewiston, Maine, over the last six years has been the subject of much national media coverage and academic interest. Many "new Mainers" continue to arrive in...