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Athenian option, The
Radical reform for the House of Lords
The report suggests creating PPs – people’s peers – chosen in the same way as jurors through the electoral roll to scrutinise legislation.
Anthony Barnett Peter Carty
January 1998
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Fair game
Tackling monopoly in sports broadcasting
This report argues that the government must take urgent action to safeguard key sporting events. It recommends a new body, the Sports Broadcasting Regulator.
Bill New Julian LeGrand
January 1998
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Reasonable force
The place of compulsion in securing adequate pensions
The author explores the options for pensions reform and makes recommendations for achieving target pensions pots through a form of compulsory saving.
Ben Jupp
January 1998
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Learning beyond the classroom
Young people are having more difficulty than ever before in adapting to the world they will enter as adults. We must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal education sector and connect what happens in schools to wider opportunities for learning.
Tom Bentley
January 1998
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The Substance of youth
The role of drugs in young people’s lives today
The authors argue that there are moral and social resources within young people’s cultures which could be mobilised to reduce drug misuse.
Ben Jupp Helen Perry
January 1998
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Good life, The
This Demos Collection argues that it is time to bring the idea of the good life back into our public conversation
Geoff Mulgan Helen Wilkinson
January 1998
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Animal rights and wrongs, 2nd ed
Roger Scruton argues that it is wrong to believe that animals automatically have rights, but suggests we owe them duties depending on whether we are treating them as pets, for laboratory experiments or for food.
Roger Scruton
January 1998
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Access denied?
Preventing information exclusion
The author explores how ‘information exclusion’ could be exacerbated or alleviated and argues that policies to prevent it can play a major role in helping disadvantaged people.
Danny Kruger
January 1998
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NetState
Creating electronic government
The author argues that the processes and structures of government must be radically reformed to meet the challenges of the digital age.
George Lawson
January 1998
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Civic entrepreneurship
The problem of improving services can be overcome by encouraging entrepreneurship in the public sector to develop innovative solutions to local problems.
Charles Leadbeater Sue Goss
January 1998