Since the early 1990s, the NCCCMA Civic Education Project has supported the creation and dissemination of Local Government in North Carolina, working with author Dr. Gordon Whitaker.

Now available in its fifth edition, Local Government in North Carolina is an interactive textbook that can be used at the K-12 level, by informal learners, adult education programs, and as a supplement for civic education programs such as local government citizens academies. The e book is enhanced with multimedia features and showcases the role, form, structure, and functions of local government.

Local Government in North Carolina is published under the creative commons license as an Open Educational Resource (OER). It has been updated periodically since 1993. Offering the 2021 edition under a creative commons license makes it easy to contextualize, translate and repurpose the material. We intend the textbook (or versions of it) to be used in a variety of civic education contexts within the state of North Carolina and beyond. Educators can generate versions for different states, specific age groups, educational purposes or settings.

Learn more about the project’s history and its contributors. (pdf)