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Welfare Reform The dread of things to come
The contributions to this short ebook have been written in the moment of political campaigning. They bear witness, employ argument and offer statistical evidence to challenge the way both Labour and the Coalition governments have designed and implemented welfare reforms.

EuroMemorandum 2012: European integration at the crossroads Democratic deepening for stability, solidarity and social justice
Produced by European Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe This document sets out the problems in current responses from within the EU to the financial crisis and puts forward alternatives that are more effective than what is currently being proposed and more socially just.

The Labour tradition and the politics of paradox
Maurice Glasman, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears, Stuart White (eds) Foreword by Ed Miliband
Contributors: Stefan Baskerville, Hazel Blears, Phillip Collins, Graeme Cooke, Jon Cruddas, Sally Davison, Maurice Glasman, Ben Jackson, Mike Kenny, David Lammy, David Miliband, Duncan O'Leary, Anthony Painter, James Purnell, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears, Jon Stokes, Andrea Westall, Stuart White, Jon Wilson.

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
Contributors: Anthony Barnett, Rosemary Bechler, Ian Christie, Maurice Glasman, Su Maddock, Sam Mauger, Penny Shepherd, Graham Smith, Jonathan Michie, Andrea Westall, Stuart White.

Radical Futures: Politics for the next generation
Edited by Ben Little
Contributors: Shiraz Ahmad, Joanna Allan, Sarah Baker, Clare Coatman, Kate Crawford, Rowenna Davis, Joss Garman, Jeremy Gilbert, Richard George, James Graham, Noel Hatch, Ben Little, Ben Mann, John Miers, Laurie Penny, Richard Pring, Arjun Singh-Muchélle, Elizabeth Somerville, Ejos Ubiribo.

After the Crash: re-inventing the left in Britain
Richard S. Grayson and Jonathan Rutherford (eds)
A new conversation between social democrats, liberals, greens and civic nationalists to find better solutions to the problems we face than are currently on offer from the mainstream of the major political parties. Contributors: Jon Cruddas, Caroline Lucas, Steve Webb, Neal Lawson, Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey, Richard S. Grayson, Jonathan Rutherford, Alan Finlayson, Jonathon Porritt, Leanne Wood, Richard Thomson, Stuart White.

Is the future Conservative?
Edited by Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
Contributors: Stephen J. Ball, Phillip Blond, Jon Cruddas, Alan Finlayson, John Harris, Gerry Hassan, Tony Juniper, Oliver Letwin, Matthew Pennycook, Jonathan Rutherford, Kate Stanley

The Crash: a view from the left
Edited by Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
Contributors: Jon Cruddas, Clive Dilnot, Bryan Gould, John Grahl, Colin Hines, Adam Leaver, Toby Lloyd, Lindsay Mackie, Robin Maynard, Richard Murphy, Carlota Perez, Ann Pettifor, Michael Prior, Jonathan Rutherford, Göran Therborn.

Race, Identity and Belonging
A Soundings collection
Edited by Sally Davison and Jonathan Rutherford
Contributors: Zygmunt Bauman, Farhad Dalal, Paul Gilroy, Bilkis Malek, Tariq Modood, Roshi Naidoo, Amir Saeed, George Shire, Ejos Ubiribo, Patrick Wright, Nira Yuval-Davis.

Identity: Community, Culture, Difference
Edited by Jonathan Rutherford
Contributors: Frances Angela, Homi Bhabha, Zarina Bhimji, Stuart Hall, Kobena Mercer, Pratibha Parmar, Jonathan Rutherford, Andrea Stuart, Simon Watney, Jeffrey Weeks, Lola Young.

The future of social democracy Jon Cruddas MP
Published by Compass in association with Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Labour Party. Based on two lectures from September 2009, this pamphlet puts forward a viable political alternative to market capitalism. The lectures invite us to look once again at Labour’s traditions and collectively debate how we might renew and develop them.

Left Out : Alternative Policies for a Left Opposition Today
Doug Bain, Peter Lawrence, Andy Pearmain, Michael Prior and Willie Thompson
Thoughts on the left after the election - an attempt to understand where and why the left has gone wrong.

Mediactive 1 - Knowledge/Culture
Jonathan Rutherford (editor)

Contributors: Clare Birchall , Lynda Dyson, Alan Finlayson, Andrew Goffey, Gary Hall, Glenn Rikowski , Jonathan Rutherford

Mediactive 2 - Celebrity
Jo Littler (editor)

Contributors: Anita Biressi, Kay Dickinson, Jeremy Gilbert, Matt Hills, Jo Littler, Heather Nunn, Oscar Reyes

 

Mediactive 3 - MediaWar

Contributors: Anita Biressi, Rosalind Brunt, Cindy Carter, Maire Messenger Davies, Des Freedman, R. Harindrath, Pat Holland, Heather Nunn, Darren O'Byrne, Paul Rixon, Daya Thussu.

Mediactive 4 - Asylum
Jonathan Rutherford (editor)

Contributors: Zygmunt Bauman, Rosemary Bechler, Farhad Dalal, Richard Payne, Jonathan Rutherford, Nira Yuval-Davis.

 

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