LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA
AboutE-Book
‘Local Government in North Carolina’ is an interactive OER textbook that can be used at the k12 level, by informal learners, and as material in Citizen Academies. The e-book is enhanced with multimedia features and can be accessed in different formats.
Podcast
Local Governments are close to you, but how much do you really know about how they work? The LGNC podcast channel features interviews with local government leaders and allows you to look behind the scenes of how public officials make your community work.
Interactive Features
The book showcases the role, form, structure and functions of local government through multimedia storytelling and fosters civic engagement through a technology-rich learning environment. It features augmented reality overlays and interactive data visualizations.
Local Government in North Carolina
The book ‘Local Government in North Carolina’ has been updated periodically (every 5-10 years) since 1993. Offering the 2021 edition under a creative commons license makes it easy to contextualize, translate and repurpose the material.
The Project is funded through the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence Lenovo Grant for Instructional Innovation and by the North Carolina City and County Management Association.
Recent Updates
E-Book Launched!
On February 2021 the fifth edition of Local Government in North Carolina was published as an e-book.
Data Visualization Update: 24 Tableau Public Charts
Data Visualization The e-book ‘Local Government in North Carolina’ contains 24 interactive charts. You can access the Tableau charts, download the data, and interact with the visualization here: NC Population Percent Change in Population (1950-2019) Percentage of Statewide Population, Urban … Read more
Presentations at International Conferences
The project team has presented the concept of ‘Local Government in North Carolina’ at several international conferences. Learn more in the publications section.