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Revisiting
Associative Democracy
How to get more co-operation,
co-ordination and collaboration into our economy, our democracy, our public
services, and our lives
Edited by Andrea Westall
Collection
©Andrea Westall 2011
Individual articles © the author 2011
Revisiting Associative Democracy draws together the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who met, discussed and developed Paul Hirst's views on Associative Democracy. Overall, there was a strong sense that our lives, our economy, democracy and public sector have for a long time been limited by an individualised, abstract and largely economistic set of beliefs and practices. We need to think about and develop more collaborative, effective and human ways of working and making decisions, and Paul's work is hugely valuable resource for doing this.
Contents
Introduction
Andrea Westall
1. Why does democratic reform matter?
Anthony Barnett
2.
Associative democracy and the Big Society: some reflections
Ian Christie
3. Associative democracy and local government
Su Maddock
4.
The dangers of illiberalism
Rosemary Bechler
5.
Associational welfare: too much pluralism?
Stuart White
6. Putting democracy into welfare provision
Graham Smith
7.
User engagement in social policy and older people's care
Sam Mauger
8. Combining Hirst and Polanyi to create an embedded and democratic economy
Maurice Glasman
9.
Economic governance - a new form of industrial policy?
Andrea Westall
10. The case of capital markets
Penny Shepherd
11.
The case of football
Jonathan Michie