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Part 1. Introduction. 1. Case study of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: The American way of ethics -- 2. Introduction -- Part 2. The ethical inquiry of career public servants: Balancing public and private morality in governing methods. 3. "What am I to be?": Personal loyalty, thick-thin morality, and the crisis of conscience -- 4. "What will I do?": Clarifying self-interest -- 5. "Will I do it?": Clarifying the costs of ethical voice -- Part 3. Great political ideas and American constitutionalism: Balancing liberty and equality in government. 6. Political philosophy, the American constitutional heritage, and constitutional thinking -- 7. Federalism, Constitutional Law, and the politics of freedom -- 8. The political ethics of constitutional change and constitutional stewardship -- Part 4. Political institutions and democratic public service: Balancing liberty and authority in bureaucratic governance. 9. Bureaucratic governance perspectives and democratic public service: Institutional ideals and threats -- 10. Racial profiling: Abuses of bureaucratic authority that threaten the liberty of citizens -- 11. The political ethics of constitutional professionalism -- Part 5. Conclusion. 12. The new American way of ethics: The political ethics of constitutionally centered public service

Annotation

This article examines the functions of city councils in governing the American municipality. It presents a notion of the "Civil City Council" that rests on five integrative leadership skills that incorporate particular public-regarding behaviors into municipal governance. The article argues that city councils should become the Civil City Council to govern effectively under modern conditions. To do this, the Civil City Council will empower citizens in broadly constituted interpretive communities in civil society. The article shows how the Civil City Council can sustain the political future of citizens and cities.