Popular Government

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COVER ARTICLE

Combating Illicit Drug Use: Some Basic Questions
Stevens H. Clarke
The United States has been fighting a “war on drugs” for two decades. Has the war been successful? Are there more cost–effective ways of waging it than incarcerating drug users or eradicating drugs at their source?

FEATURE ARTICLES

Helping Small Businesses after Hurricane Floyd
Scott Daugherty
Eastern North Carolina’s small business sector bore a disproportionate share of the damage caused by Hurricane Floyd in fall 1999. Together federal and state government mounted a major recovery effort. The state, with the assistance of the Small Business and Technology Development Center, played an unusually aggressive role.

A Primer on Nonprofit Organizations
Gita Gulati Partee
Even though state and local governments are increasingly collaborating with nonprofit organizations, some government officials may be skeptical of their value.  The questions and answers in this article are intended to help officials better understand how they can work with nonprofits to stretch tax dollars and benefit communities.

Achieving Better Group Performance
John B. Stephens

Instead of trying to find common ground on a controversial issue, what if members of a committee or task force were to "reach for higher ground"? This metaphor describes an approach to group process that the author and some of his colleagues are promoting in their work with groups.

ESSAY

Successful Multicampus Governance: The North Carolina Model
John L. Sanders
Mindful of a trend evident in other states to devolve authority for higher education from central governing boards to local campuses, the Institute’s former director suggests that North Carolina’s present system serves the needs of the governor, the General Assembly, and the state well.

DEPARTMENTS

At the Institute
Grantham Joins Institute Faculty