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• Logged off? How ICT can connect young people and politics This report argues that the government can use ICT to enable young people to become directly involved in the political process and suggests that the anonymity of online communication may be an important way to build the confidence to participate in debates Lydia Howland Matthew Bethell January 2002
• Getting down to business A new agenda for corporate social innovation Companies should direct human resources from their core business to developing innovative solutions to social problems and they should focus on experimentation, not provision. Rachel Jupp January 2002
• Inconvenience food The struggle to eat well on a low income This detailed study shows that food poverty is a form of social exclusion that is directly linked to the daily choices many of us make when we enter a supermarket.
  Caroline Hitchman Ian Christie January 2002
• Local authority? How to develop leadership for better public services Danny Chesterman argues that partnership working will only succeed if public service partnerships become more ‘citizen-centric’. This can only be achieved by developing local leadership – a process which he believes arises out of dialogue. Danny Chesterman January 2002
• Death of Spin?, The Communication in the 21st century George Pitcher shows how the government is struggling to find an alternative to 'spin culture'. Pitcher argues that only when the government learns how to place itself within an ongoing debate will it regain public trust. George Pitcher January 2002
• Foodstuff Living in an age of feast and famine This collection of essays shows the complexity of our food culture, and suggests ways we can start to move towards a healthy debate about healthy food. Alex De Waal Barbara Stocking January 2002
• Innovate from Within An open letter to the new cabinet secretary The Civil Service is caught between the need for incremental improvement of existing services and the creation of new services for a changing society. In order to succeed, this notoriously risk-averse institution must learn to embrace experimentation. Charles Leadbeater January 2002
• It's Democracy, Stupid This publication is available for free download. Tom Bentley January 2001
• Leadership The Challenge for all? This report provides a 'reality check' of leadership in UK organisations. It examines the perceptions and experiences of managers from the private, public and voluntary sectors. Daniel Stedman Jones Perri 6 January 2001
• Classroom assistance Why teachers must transform teaching A generation gap is opening up within the teaching profession, which has to appeal to a ‘flexible generation’ who demand more professional autonomy and the ability to self-manage change. January 2001

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