Winter 2022 Issue of National Civic Review

February 8, 2022

In the Winter Edition of the National Civic Review, authors provide new insights on local efforts to address some of the most pressing issues of 2022, including innovative approaches to...

Fall 2021 Issue of National Civic Review

August 12, 2021

The Fall Edition of the National Civic Review features 5 policy briefs created by Healing through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice. The new initiative—a collaboration between The National Collaborative for Health Equity, The...

Our Quarterly Journal, The National Civic Review — Now Online & In Print

May 12, 2019

Some of the country’s leading doers and thinkers have contributed articles to this invaluable resource for elected officials, public managers, nonprofit leaders, grassroots activists, and public administration scholars seeking to...

Professionalism and Democratic Innovation in America

January 29, 2019

Albert W. Dzur, a political science professor at Bowling Green State University and a regular contributor to the National Civic Review, has been researching the relationship between professionals, civic engagement...

Learning About Democratic Practices with City Managers

August 24, 2018

The National Civic League is working with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation to organize “learning exchanges” to explore the ways professional city managers engage with members of the public to...

What About Women?

July 25, 2018

The League’s Racial Equity Program Director featured in American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Publication National Civic League Director of Racial Equity Programs, Carla Kimbrough, recently had her article, “What About...

Model City Charter, 8th Edition

August 8, 2014

[fusion_text] Defining Good Government in a New Millennium The eighth edition of the Model City Charter strongly endorses the council-manager structure of municipal government that was first proposed in 1915...

National Civic Review

August 8, 2014

Making Citizen Democracy Work The National Civic Review, the quarterly journal of the National Civic League, is one of the nation’s oldest civic affairs journals. Founded in 1912, the Review...

The Community Visioning and Strategic Planning Handbook

August 7, 2014

National Civic League Press, Third Printing The handbook lays out the framework of the successful community planning processes used by the National Civic League and others across the country. These...

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