Wanting to be heard but not wanting to act? Addressing political disengagement

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 546-552

  McHugh, Declan ^a  

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EID: 33745923165     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsl027     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Thanks to G. Johns, 'Making Community Engagement Responsible', for this reference: http://www.engagingcommunities2005.org/abstracts/Johns-Gary-final. pdf.
2. See, for example, Power to the People. The Report of the Power Inquiry into British Democracy, Joseph Rowntree Trust, 2006.
3. D. Miliband, 'The politics of empowerment', speech to the New Local Government Network, 17 January 2005.
4. This paragraph draws heavily on S. Fielding, 'Labour and the Demand for "Participation", 1964-70' in J. Callaghan and 1. Favretto (eds), Socialism and Social Reform in the Twentieth Century: Cultures of Social Democracy in Historical and Comparative Perspective, Manchester University Press, forthcoming.
5. Department of Health, A Guide to NHS Foundation Trusts, London 2002;
6. R. Klein, 'Governance for NHS Foundation Trusts', British Medical Journal, 25 January 2003.
7. G. Smith, Beyond the Ballot: 57 Democratic Innovations from Around the World, Power Inquiry, 2005.
8. The Audit of Political Engagement is based on a Political Engagement Poll designed by the Hansard Society and the Electoral Commission. To date, it has been undertaken on our behalf by Ipsos MORI. The fieldwork takes place in December and the Audit report is published the following March. Copies of Audit of Political Engagement 3 can be downloaded for free from the Hansard Society website http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk or http://www.electoralcommission.org. uk.
9. These statistics were presented by Ben Page, Director of MORI Social Research Institute, at an ESRC Identities Programme/Hansard Society roundtable on 'Identity, Political Engagement and Civic Activism", on 23 June 2005. The roundtable was recorded and sound files can be downloaded from either http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk or http://www.identities.org.uk. Relevant slides containing the Ipsos MORI research cited here can be downloaded from http://www.lga.gov.uk/Documents/Event/conference%20presentations/ Ben_Page_engagement2.pdf.
10. R. Klein, 'The First Wave of NHS Foundation Trusts', British Medical Journal, 5 June 2004.
11. R. Blackhurst, 'Haven't We All Got Enough on Our Plates', New Statesman, 9 May 2005.
12. R. Klein, New Statesman op. cit.
13. Comments made at the ESRC Identities Programme/Hansard Society roundtable on 'Identity, Political Engagement and Civic Activism', on 23 June 2005.