DEMOS

• Escaping poverty Fom safety nets to networks of opportunity Perri 6 argues that approaches to tackle long-term unemployment ignore the importance of social networks for helping people to get work and escape poverty. Perri 6 January 1997
• Civic spirit The big idea for a new political era The author argues that mutuality could be the idea which shapes politics in the years ahead. Mutuality links rights with obligations and balances individualism with membership. Charles Leadbeater January 1997
• Family learning The foundation of effective education Families are our most important and influential places of learning yet most public spending on education goes to support formal institutions. The author presents a long-term strategy for developing family learning. Titus Alexander January 1997
• Matters of life and death This collection of essays shows how we can know far more about how people behave and societies work by understanding how evolution shaped our bodies and minds. George Lawson Helena Cronin January 1996
• Return of the local, The ­Develop-ment at a local level can help maximise human and material resources by linking environmental improvements to job creation. Brian Gosschalk David Colin-Thome January 1996
• New enterprise culture, The The new ‘information economy’ will rely on the cultivation and exploration of ideas, creativity and imagination. The challenge for the future is to find new organisational forms which can embrace this culture. David Cannon Debbie Porter January 1996
• Open wide Futures for dentistry in 2010 It argues that dramatic changes are set to take place in the next five years in response to mushrooming consumerism, changing patterns of demand, new technologies, the haemorrhage of dentistry from the NHS and fiscal pressure on NHS budgets. Ben Jupp Perri 6 January 1996 | from Demos 2050
• The Freedom of the city This book draws on a series of pathbreaking studies of town centres, libraries and parks which argue that the key to safe and enjoyable public spaces is to make them full of activity. Ken Worpole Liz Greenhalgh January 1996
• Single rate tax The path to real simplicity Puts the case for radically simplifying the tax system. Flat taxes would benefit large numbers of tax payers and would stimulate real and lasting growth. Nigel Forman Perri 6 January 1996
• Careerquake Policy supports for self-managed careers There is a chronic lack of adequate supports to enable people to realise the careers they aspire to. New foundations are needed, including flexible learning systems, common qualifications and lifelong access to career guidance. January 1996

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