Civic Revolutionaries: Igniting the Passion for Change in America's Communities

Dedication ix

Foreword xi
Becky Morgan

Acknowledgments xiii

The Authors xvii

Introduction: The Creative Tensions of the Continuing American Experiment 1

1. Individual and Community: Creating Common Purpose 21

2. Trust and Accountability: Building Webs of Responsibility 59

3. Economy and Society: Strengthening the Vital Cycle 89

4. People and Place: Making the Creative Connection 127

5. Change and Continuity: Creating Vigilance for Renewal 157

6. Idealism and Pragmatism: Building Resilience of Place 197

7. The Rise of the New Civic Revolutionaries:

Answering the Call to Stewardship 231

References 245

Index 251