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107 Nat'l Civic Rev. 1 (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/natmnr107 and id is 1 raw text is: Contents National Civic Review Volume 107 Number 1 Spring 2018 Editor's Note MICHAEL MCGRATH 2 Essays Learning How Citizens Impact Education 3 PATRICIA MOORE HARBOUR Schools can't educate students by themselves. It takes all the skills and resources of a community to do the job. Citizen initiatives are different from more formal youth development and youth services programs. They are organic grassroots enterprises that arise in direct re- sponse to local education values, problems, and life skill developments. An Interview with Kimball Payne, City Manager of Lynchburg, Virginia 10 ALBERT DZUR The death of an African-American in police custody led to a community dialogue and, ultimately, to the develop- ment of efforts to engage the public in problem-solving and decision-making. Exploring the Elements of Social Capital: Leverage Points and Creative Measurement Strategies for Community Building and Program Evaluation 16 RUSSELL WEAVER The term social capital has no universally accepted meaning. It is up to its users to add new meanings and interpretations to our collective understanding of this very useful community-building concept. You're On The Air!: How Government Access Television Enhances Public Engagement 31 LARRY SCHOOLER Austin, Texas, is using television to scale-up public par- ticipation in ways that are more cost-effective and less labor-intensive than other public engagement methods. Why Process Matters: Democracy and Human Nature 36 MARTIN CARCASSON Providing opportunities for people to express their opinions is only the first step in efforts to address dif- ficult community problems. We also need our public processes to allow people to develop mutual under- standing and trust. We need processes that help us elevate quality arguments and expose weak or manipu- lative ones. A Framework for Fiscal Sustainability 40 SHAYNE KAVANAGH With the help of a group of researchers, the Government Finance Officers Association has developed a frame- work for fiscal policy-making at the local level based on Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize-winning theories about the sustainable consumption of finite, common pool resources. Police-Community Relations and Services Are Changing in a Positive Way in Cities Throughout America 49 ROGER L. KEMP Evolving ideas about best practices are highlighted in this article about changes in the policies and practice of police departments. Exploring the Relationship Between Sustainability and Collaboration: Evidence from All-America City Applications 52 JEANNETTE M. BLACKMAR, HEATHER GETHA-TAYLOR, JUSTIN R. MOEN, JOHN C. PIERCE In analyzing the applications for All-America status, the authors found an evolution in the understanding and scope of sustainability and changing conceptions and ways of implementing collaborative problem-solving efforts. National Civic Review Spring 2018 1 1

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