Act Now - A Vision for a Better Future and a New Social Contract

An inspiring manifesto offering a radical vision for our political future.

We live in an age of crisis and decline. The right presents 'solutions' that only worsen the situation, driving a downward cycle in which desperation leads to despair. But the left is also to blame: progressive politicians have consistently failed to recognise both the urgency of people's need and their receptiveness to new solutions.

In Act now, a team of leading researchers presents a compelling and achievable vision for a progressive future. They outline clear policies for welfare, health and social care, education, housing and more. Arguing for a rolling forwards of the state, they call for a new era of active citizenship and economic democracy, grounded in robust and resilient institutions.

Only a comprehensive and integrated approach, based on clear evidence of feasibility and popularity, can provide a pathway to the secure, democratic and prosperous Britain of tomorrow. This book is the blueprint. It calls on politicians, pundits and the British people to act now.

About the author

Danny Dorling is Professor of Geography at the University Of Leeds

Product details

• Authors: Common Sense Policy Group, Kate Wilkinson Common Sense Policy Group Pickett, Danny Dorling, Dorling Danny, Common Sense Policy Group, Common Sense Policy Pickett Group, Kate Pickett, Pickett Kate, Richard Wilkinson, Wilkinson Richard
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781526180759
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8075-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Popular economics, Social welfare & social services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political Economy, Welfare economics, Educational strategies & policy, Social welfare and social services, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement