The Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society - Making Good Society
Informer? | 18.04.2010 12:14 | Culture | Energy Crisis
Civil society is on the cusp of remarkable change. The Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland believes that civil society activity has the power to radically alter the way we live and plays a central role in responding to the challenges of our time.
The Commission Report
Civil society is on the cusp of remarkable change. The Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland believes that civil society activity has the power to radically alter the way we live and plays a central role in responding to the challenges of our time.
Making good society, the final report of the Inquiry Commission, argues that civil society has been pushed to the margins in key areas including politics, finance and the media and that this must change. The report explores how civil society activity can help: grow a more civil economy; enable a rapid and just transition to a low carbon economy; democratise media ownership and content; and grow participatory and deliberative democracy. The Commission hopes that the evidence and ideas provided in this report and the direction of travel it sets for a ‘good’ society will inspire individuals and organisations to act and invest in civil society activity.
The reports sets out a radical agenda to claim back power for civil society – calling for a definitive shift from doing things “to” and “for” people, to doing “with”.
Geoff Mulgan, Chair of Commission
http://democracy.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/civil_society
Civil society is on the cusp of remarkable change. The Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland believes that civil society activity has the power to radically alter the way we live and plays a central role in responding to the challenges of our time.
Making good society, the final report of the Inquiry Commission, argues that civil society has been pushed to the margins in key areas including politics, finance and the media and that this must change. The report explores how civil society activity can help: grow a more civil economy; enable a rapid and just transition to a low carbon economy; democratise media ownership and content; and grow participatory and deliberative democracy. The Commission hopes that the evidence and ideas provided in this report and the direction of travel it sets for a ‘good’ society will inspire individuals and organisations to act and invest in civil society activity.
The reports sets out a radical agenda to claim back power for civil society – calling for a definitive shift from doing things “to” and “for” people, to doing “with”.
Geoff Mulgan, Chair of Commission
http://democracy.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/civil_society
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The Other Campaign
18.04.2010 14:57
2. The anti-working class agenda of our corrupt political elite (such as the imminent wave of public sector cuts) will not be defeated through the ballot box, but on the streets and picket lines.
Mike
Don't trust Geoff Mulgan...
18.04.2010 17:07
Geoff Mulgan (born 1961) is director of the Young Foundation based in London and Visiting Professor at University College, London, the London School of Economics and University of Melbourne as well as being the chair of Involve. Previously he was:
* Director of Policy at 10 Downing Street under British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
* Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (formerly known as the Performance and Innovation Unit),
* Co-founder and Director of the London based think tank Demos (from 1993-98),
* Chief adviser to Gordon Brown MP in the early 1990s [1]
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