Latest Publications
People, Places & Democracy
Power and wealth are not well distributed in Britain, meaning too many people feel excluded from politics and policy-making. Our work explores ways to give more people a say and a stake in the country’s future.
Latest Publications:
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Disconnected Citizens: Is Community Empowerment the Solution?
This essay discusses how, despite community empowerment being presented as a panacea for many social ills, the evidence in relation to some outcomes is relatively patchy.
| Published: | 18 June 2008 |
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| Author: | Jessica Prendergrast |
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Creatures of Habit? The Art of Behavioural Change
This study has looked at a wide range of examples from across the international public policy spectrum to better understand the drivers behind people’s choices and behaviour, and distilled the messages into a tool for policymakers to improve the future development and design of policy solutions.
| Published: | 30 April 2008 |
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| Author(s): | Jessica Prendergrast, Beth Foley |
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Reinventing Government Again
Ten years has passed since the publications of Osborne and Gaebler’s landmark book Reinventing Government. Thus, in 2004, the Social Market Foundation published a reflection on the ten principles for entrepreneurial government that it set out.
| Published: | 06 December 2007 |
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| Author(s): | Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Philip Collins |
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Economic Nationalism or Progressive Globalisation? The choice for modern government
This essay argues that those who benefit from globalisation need to contribute much more positively to the life chances of those who do not.
| Published: | 12 June 2007 |
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| Author: | Alexander Issac |
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AntiSocial Britain and the Challenge of Citizenship
AntiSocial Britain is critical of politicians of all parties for attempting - and failing - to appease consumerism instead of arguing for citizenship, and for accepting a range of social responsibilities which they cannot fulfil.
| Published: | 05 June 2007 |
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| Author: | Peter Bradley |
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The Politics of Aspiration
The Politics of Aspiration brings together valuable contributions from Jim Murphy MP, Trevor Phillips, Chair, Commission for Equality and Human Rights, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and several other commentators and academics.
| Published: | 28 March 2007 |
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| Author: | Simon Griffiths |
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Permission to engage?
In this essay, published in 2004, Paul Richards observes that voter disengagement, particularly among the urban working class, is effectively bringing about the reversal of the Reform Acts.
| Published: | 27 August 2004 |
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| Author: | Paul Richards |
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Accountable Government: (Reasonably) simple actions Whitehall, Parliament and Brussels could do to promote transparency and accessibility
This report outlines the findings of the Business Forum: Regulatory Best Practice Group, which canvassed views from the business community on the difficulties they face in dealing with the institutions of the government.
| Published: | 13 August 2004 |
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| Author: | SMF’s Business Forum Regulatory Best Practice Group |