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Resource Name: Participation Nation
Resource URL: http://www.involve.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=597
Resource Description: Participation Nation brings together 17 leading thinkers and practitioners from government, local authorities, think tanks and NGOs to discuss the role of the citizen in the public realm. Bringing their individual perspectives to the debate, each writer explores just what the government�s ambitions to harness �people power� will mean in practice to the future policies and politics of Britain.
Contributors include Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP; Oliver Letwin MP; Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP; Dave Prentis, UNISON; Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth; Ben Page and Debbie Lee Chan, Ipsos MORI; Viki Cooke, OLR; Michelle Harrison, IIPS; Cllr Susan Williams, Trafford Borough Council; Karl Wilding and V�ronique Jochum, NCVO; and Valerie Hannon from the Innovation Unit, among others.