The Big Society Challenge

Hear about the exciting new book "The Big Society Challenge", which draws together twenty-two voices from the "small platoons" of voluntary associations, community practitioners and academics to explore what realities will be made of the rhetoric for a "society where people don't feel small".

Keystone Development Trust's new book, sponsored by Development Trusts Association (DTA), bassac, and Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) investigates the intellectual roots and political context for the Big Society agenda, and challenges the detail of plans to empower communities, and for public sector reform, suggesting ways to implement the vision of Big Society successfully.

This collection of short and accessible papers, featuring case studies from DTA and bassac membership, addresses the perceived difficulties of accountability, the dichotomy of civil society and the state, the relationship between individual action and collective action, and points to the successful examples of the vision in action now. It also explores how the idea will affect key areas such as housing, poverty, inequality, rural communities, the environment, and how it sits alongside social enterprise and the new austerity

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Big Society
• Community
• Public Sector Cuts
• Social Enterprise
• Public Procurement

[aidanmkelly]

Interesting little video, such an important discussion at the moment about Big Society and what it means.....I was just so disappointed with the quality of this film clip, it's totally uninspiring, you can't see people's faces.....argh! I wished it was better presented, otherwise it make the Big Society discussion sound very grey.

pls can we have something a bit more engaging......:-)