Popular Government
Popular Government back issue: Vol. 70, No. 2, Winter 2005
See links to online articles from this issue below.
Publications
In North Carolina, mobile homes are an important source of affordable housing, but their owners often do not enjoy the same rights and benefits as other homeowners. Why is this so, and what can be done to change it?
Some local governments in North Carolina are receiving attention for innovative strategies that link good management and sound methods of accountability to greater managerial discretion. This article focuses on the system in Davidson County.
Local government leaders take on a host of responsibilities in using the Internet to serve their community. Users and viruses from all around the world can visit their cyber locations. How can they make their Internet "front door" accessible but secure?
Local governments accomplish many public purposes by working through nonprofits. However, some attributes that make nonprofits attractive partners present challenges to their successful operation. Three SOG educators suggest ways for government to help nonprofits build their operating capacity.
This issue of At the School contains seven articles:
- In Memoriam: Henry Wilkins Lewis (1916-2004)
- In Memoriam: William McWhorter Cochrane (1917-2004)
- School's Lobby Named for Former Governor Hodges
- Meet the Foundation's Board of Directors, 2005
- Harris Becomes Director of Legislative Reporting Service
- Wicker Scholarship Available to Student with Ties to N.C.
- Mesibov Appointed University Ombuds