Civic Engagement Resources BOOKS Block, P. (1993). Stewardship: choosing service over self-interest. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Ciancutti, A., and Steding, T. (2001). Built on trust: Gaining competitive advantage in any organization. Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books. De Pree, M. (1997). Leading without power: Finding hope in serving community. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Etzioni, A. (1996). The new golden rule: Community and morality in a democratic society. New York: Basic Books. Etzioni, A. (2001). Next: The road to the good society. New York: Basic Books. Etzioni, A. (1993). The spirit of community: Rights, responsibilities and the communitarian agenda. New York: Crown Publishers. Gladwell, M. (2000). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. Boston: Little Brown. Greenleaf, R. (2002). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness (25th ed.). New York: Paulist Press. Morse, S. (2004). Smart communities: How citizens and local leaders can use strategic thinking to build a brighter future. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Putnam, R. D. and Feldstein, L. M. (2003). Better together: Restoring the American community. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon and Schuster. Putnam, R. D. (1993). Making democracy work: Civic traditions in modern Italy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Spears, L., and Lawrence M. (eds.) (2004). Practicing servant leadership: Succeeding through trust, bravery and forgiveness. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
WEBSITES Better Together: An Initiative of the Saguaro Seminar, Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University www.bettertogether.org. This website provides the Saguaro Seminar’s report and includes strategies and recommendations for improving social capital in the five key areas, which include schools and youth, the workplace, faith-based efforts, the arts and politics. Bowling Alone website www.bowlingalone.com. This website outlines Putnam’s book and includes downloadable datasets. The Civic Practices Network www.cpn.org. This website provides a dictionary, information on projects, debates and theoretical models. The Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership www.greenleaf.org. Founded by Robert Greenleaf, creator of the phrase “servant leadership,” this website provides information on Greenleaf’s life and work, as well as resources, articles, a catalog and links on the subject of servant leadership. Infed (Informal Education Homepage) website www.infed.org. This website includes an encyclopedia to perform key word subject searches, an association and civic participation arena, as well as related arena areas including leadership, group work and evaluation. The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro. The Saguaro Seminar is website founded by Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone and Better Together, at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The website provides information on Putnam’s work, the Saguaro Seminar project, social capital research and measurement, the Better Together Report and links to various, related sites on the topic of civic engagement. The Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey (SCCBS) www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/communitysurvey/index.html. This website provides information on a project of the Saguaro Seminar measuring social capital. It includes information on the research projects goals, methodology and findings, as well as access to the short form of the survey and data for analyses. The World Bank Group www1.worldbank.org/prem/poverty/scapital/home.htm. This website offers a library, bibliography, discussion list and measurement tools on the subject of social capital.
RELATED READING RESOURCES Covey, S. (1989). The seven habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Heider, J. (1985). The tao of leadership: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching adapted for a new age. Atlanta, GA: Humanics New Age. MacKenzie, G. (1998). Orbiting the giant hairball: A corporate fool’s guide to surviving with grace. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam. Peck, M. S. (1987). The different drum: Community-making and peace. New York: Simon and Schuster. Peck, M. S. (2003). The road less traveled: A new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth (25th ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. Senge, P. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York: Doubleday. Senge, P., Kleiner, A., Roberts, C., Ross, R. and Smith B. (1994). The fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York: Doubleday.