Re-energizing Citizenship examines the dual character of civil society. The book provides a critical examination of attempts to re-energize citizenship in a range of contexts and offers insights into what works.

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EDWARD ANDERSSON Researcher at Involve, a charity promoting public participation, London, UK MARIAN BARNES Director of Social Research, Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, UK SIMON BASTOW Senior Research Fellow, Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK HELEN BECK Research Assistant at LSE Housing, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ANTHONY BOTTOMS Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow in Criminology, University of Sheffield, UK RACHAEL CHAPMAN Research Fellow, Local Governance Research Unit, Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK PATRICK DUNLEAVY Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Chair, LSE Public Policy Group, UK KATHRYN FARROW Lecturer in Community Justice, University of Birmingham, UK SARAH JONES Research Officer, Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford, UK VIVIEN LOWNDES Professor of Local Government Studies, Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK DAVID PRIOR Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, UK LIZ RICHARDSON Research Co-ordinator and Teacher in Housing, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics, UK COLIN ROBERTS Lecturer in Applied Social Studies and Head of the Probation Studies Unit, Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford, UK BASIA SPALEK Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies, University of Birmingham, UK HENRY TAM Head of Civil Renewal at the Home Office and Fellow of the Globus Institute for Globalisation & Sustainable Development, Tilburg University, The Netherlands DIANE WARBURTON Founding Partner of Shared Practice and researcher and consultant on public and community participation, regeneration, environmental action, and sustainable development ANDREW WILSON Police Foundation Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK RICHARD WILSON Co-founder of Involve, a charity promoting public participation and Deputy Chair of the DTI Public Participation funding committee

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Introduction; T.Brannan, P.John & G.Stoker Re-energizing Citizenship: Why, What, and How?; T.Brannan, P.John & G.Stoker Civil Renewal: The Agenda for Empowering Citizens; H.Tam Involvement in Community Involvement: Referral Order Volunteers; S.Jones & C.Roberts Civil Renewal, Control Signals and Neighbourhood Safety; A.Bottoms & A.Wilson Anti-Social Behaviour and Civil Renewal; D.Prior, K.Farrow, B.Spalek & M.Barnes Incentive Schemes and Civil Renewal; S.Bastow, H.Beck, P.Dunleavy & L.Richardson The True Costs of Public Participation; E.Andersson, D.Warburton & R.Wilson Faith, Hope and Clarity: Faith Groups and Civil Renewal; V.Lowndes & R.Chapman Conclusion; T.Brannan, P.John & G.Stoker