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DOI

10.21768/ejopa.v5i1.9

Abstract

From the earliest days of the American republic, local communities have been incubators of civic health in the United States. While national, state, and local assessments of civic health show a lack of public engagement in political and social activities that were once the foundation of healthy local democracy, these first decades of the 21st century have revealed both new challenges for local governments and new tools for engagement. As local leaders revisit the important role of engaged citizens in local programs and policies, the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy offers an example of how schools of public policy and public administration can help with this task by equipping current and future local government leaders with the vital skills needed to engage citizens in addressing public problems.

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