National Civic Review

National Civic Review

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Publisher: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

The National Civic League‹Founded in 1894 by President Theodore Roosevelt,
the National Civic League is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational
association advocating a new approach to community problem solving and
decision making, one that involves grassroots participation from citizens
and direct involvement from all three social sectors‹public, private, and
nonprofit.

The National Civic Review is a quarterly journal of the National Civic
League, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes civic
engagement, community building, political reform and democratic governance.

The mission of the journal is to inform, inspire and stimulate discussion on
ways of strengthening democratic institutions and making them more
inclusive, accountable and responsive to citizens. Although the focus of the
journal is primarily local and regional, it does publish selective articles
on civic renewal/reform efforts at the state and federal levels.

The journal publishes essays and reports written by civic activists,
community practitioners, theorists, or scholars in the fields of public
administration, community building, political reform, government and social
problem solving. The scope of the journal encompasses both representative
democracy and newer, non-traditional forms of democracy that seek to engage
citizens in deliberative discussions and civic action efforts.

The journal's department section offers reports, cases studies, how-to
articles and updates on the following topics:

* Political Reform. Innovative ways of making democratic institutions more
inclusive and accountable--campaign finance restrictions, contribution
limits, public financing systems, ethics, public disclosure requirements,
instant runoff voting, proportional representation; fair election
administration and legislative redistricting; voter education and
participation programs.

* Community Building. Efforts to build civic infrastructure and bridge gaps
between citizens, community leaders and elected or appointed
officials‹community-based planning and problem solving efforts; cooperative
efforts between the public, private and nonprofit sectors; comprehensive
community development programs; Study Circle discussion groups and other
forms of deliberative democracy.

* Trends in Civic Engagement. Efforts to promote a broader and deeper civic
involvement by the public--neighborhood organizing, advocacy, service
learning and civic engagement programs at schools and universities,
government planning efforts that use innovative methods of involving and
empowering ordinary citizens.

* Local Government. Regional cooperation, re-inventing government,
government structure or systems change and innovative programs on housing,
education, social services, transportation or economic development.

Readership consists of civic actors and thinkers, community leaders, local
government officials and staff, political reform advocates, leaders within
the nonprofit and foundation world, students and educators in public
administration, political science, and urban planning.

Although the journal actively solicits submissions from all quarters, it
also serves as a vehicle for sharing best practices and lessons learned from
National Civic League programs such as the All-America City Award, which is
given to ten communities each year for outstanding civic achievements,
Community Services, which offers technical assistance for community-based
planning and problem-solving efforts and the New Politics program, which
recognizes and promotes innovative political reforms at the state and local
level.

Online ISSN: 1542-7811
Print ISSN: 0027-9013

Editor:

Michael McGrath
National Civic Review

Email: mikem@ncl.org

Content available by subscription.
 
Abstracts available online. Articles available in PDF format.
 
Current Issue: Volume 95, Issue	2 (Summer 2006)

Date: 10 July 2006