Go round stirring up a civic argument (14)
I believe the answer is:
circumnavigate
'go round' is the definition.
'stirring up a civic argument' is the wordplay.
'stirring up' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'civic'+'argument'='acivicargument'
'acivicargument' with letters rearranged gives 'CIRCUMNAVIGATE'.
(Other definitions for circumnavigate that I've seen before include "Go round the world" , "Sail round (the world)" .)