This is the eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly.
Expert contributors including Joyce Macmillan, Michael Brunson, Karen Evans, John Maxton, Matthew Taylor, Neal Acherson, Yasmin-Alibhai Brown and Anthony Everitt.
Asks how a radically more participative citizenship culture could be achieved - one where people think of themselves as citizens and act like citizens.
Concerned with long-term proposals rather than short-term issues.
Looking towards the middle years of the new century it...
This is the eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly.
Active Citizenship gathers a group of political actors and academics who believe a radically more active citizenship is a worthy aim. They spell out how it can be achieved in their particular area of concern, looking at the obstacles and how they might be overcome. Together, they shows us how we can realise the dream of a citizen culture and what benefits it would bring for democracy in the UK.Bernard Crick's first and final essays set the tone, respectively, on Civic Republicanism Today and Political Identity. Other contributors consider active citizenship in relation to: Labour Government...
Active Citizenship gathers a group of political actors and academics who believe a radically more active citizenship is a worthy aim. They spell out h...
