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A FUTURE
FOR POLITICS
Ways to reform our polical system,by the UK’s leading think tanks
Edited by Tim Finch and Carey Oppenheim, ippr
©ippr2009
 
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CONTENTS
Contributingthinktanks..................................................................... 4Introduction.......................................................................................... 5
TimFinchandCareyOppenheim,ippr
Don’tjustblametheMPs................................................................. 11
 JulianAstleandAlasdairMurray,CentreForum
Theroleofcitizensaftertheexpensesscandal.............................. 18
 DanielLeighton,Demos
Anti-politicsandthecrisis................................................................ 27
 SunderKatwala,FabianSociety
Remakingpolitics.............................................................................. 36
 RickMuirandGuyLodge,ippr
Insearchofreform,notgimmicks................................................... 43
 NeilO’Brien,PolicyExchange
Timetoturnpoliticsonitshead...................................................... 52
 JessicaAsato,Progress
Fitforgovernment............................................................................. 60
 NickBosanquet,Reform
 
CentreForum
isanindependent,liberalthinktankseekingtodevelopevidence-based,long-termpolicysolutionstotheproblemsfacingBritain.www.centreforum.org
Demos
isathinktankfocusedonpowerandpolitics.Itsearchesforandcommunicatesideastogivepeoplemorepowertoshapetheirownlives.Demos’svisionisademocracyoffreecitizens,withanequalstakeinsociety.www.demos.co.uk
TheFabianSociety
developspoliticalideasandpublicpolicyontheleftofcentre.Thesocietyisademocratically-constitutedmembershiporganisationaffiliatedtotheLabourPartybuteditoriallyandorganisationallyindependent.www.fabians.org.uk
TheInstituteforPublicPolicyResearch(ippr)
istheUK’sleadingprogressivethinktank,producingcutting-edgeresearchandinnovativepolicyideasforajust,democraticandsustainableworld.www.ippr.org
PolicyExchange
isanindependent,non-partisaneducationalcharity.Itworkswithacademicsandpolicymakersfromacrossthepoliticalspectrum.Itisparticularlyinterestedinfreemarketandlocalistsolutionstopublicpolicyquestions.www.policyexchange.org.uk
Progress
istheNewLabourpressuregroupwhichaimstopromotearadicalandprogressivepoliticsforthe21stcentury.www.progressonline.org.uk
Reform
isanindependent,charitable,non-partythinktankwhosemissionistosetoutabetterwaytodeliverpublicservicesandeconomicprosperity.www.reform.co.uk
Theviewsexpressedinthispublicationdonotnecessarilyrepresentthoseofthecontributors’organisations.ThisbookletwasfirstpublishedinNovember2009.
©ippr2009
Copy-editing,designandproductionbyGeorginaKyriacou,ippr
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