New paradigms in public policy
This project reviews some particularly difficult issues in public policy and makes suggestions as to why and how concepts should be adapted, reformed or reinvented.
- Project status
- Closed for applications
This project reviews some particularly difficult issues in public policy: climate change, multiculturalism, recession and recovery, population ageing, neighbourhood problems and the Third Sector, rebuilding democratic engagement and managing the demands of an increasingly assertive public. The series reviews current understanding of the issues, situated within academic theory-building, and discusses possible ways forward.
Working group:
- Peter Taylor–Gooby FBA
- Andrew Gamble FBA
- Ian Gough
- Tariq Modood FBA
- Anne Power
- Gerry Stoker
- Pat Thane FBA
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Project outcomes
Economic futures
Professor Andrew Gamble FBA
This report argues that the social sciences, specifically political economy, cannot predict exact future events but can offer value to policymakers by alerting them to a range of potential policies that are available, and by encouraging a deeper debate.
Climate change and public policy futures
Professor Ian Gough
This report reviews current approaches to climate change and suggests that policy reversals and changes will be necessary to pursue 'green growth'.
Squaring the public policy circle: managing a mismatch between demands and resources
Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby FBA
This report discusses the current insistence of pressures to cut back highly valued services risks a further decline of trust in politicians.
Building a new politics?
Gerry Stoker
This report argues that policymakers need to tackle the political malaise suffered by the average UK citizen.
Post-immigration 'difference' and integration. The case of Muslims in Western Europe
Professor Tariq Modood FBA
This report presents four different options for integration and equality of opportunity for all citizens.
Demographic futures
Professor Pat Thane FBA
This report discusses the issue of the ageing population in the UK and suggests that policymakers need to recognise the diversity of older groups and to plan more positively in integrating older people into work and social life.
The 'Big Society' and concentrated neighbourhood problems
Anne Power
This report sets out its history in the mutuals and cooperatives formed to combat the devastating effects of 19th century industrialisation, and 1960s and 70s movements such as the American ‘Great Society’ and the UK Community Development Projects.