Communitarian Forum

Resources for citizenship development and community empowerment

Article: 07.06.26

Towards a Communitarian Integration Communities need to be able to discern positive differences from those differences that need to be reduced.

Article: 07.01.26

Citizens as Cooperative Problem-Solvers Henry Tam outlines how the essential skills of citizenship can be developed so that everyone can be involved.

Article: 06.10.25

Citizen Participation and Land Use Planning Citizens must have the right to shape their own communities through the planning process.

Article: 22.09.25

Putting Communities First: 12 Recommendations Cormac Russell provides a clear strategy for the state to rebuild trust with communities.

Paper: 14.09.25

Democracy SOS For democracy to function, it must enable citizens to participate meaningfully in shaping their own governance.

Books: 25.08.25

Communitarianism A Review Henry Tam's book outlines an inclusive and democratic vision that we could all get behind.

Article: 17.06.25

The Communitarian Case for Diversity Henry Tam explains why the true value of community lies in its ability to welcome and nurture our natural diversity.

Article: 07.05.25

The Power Gap Democracy stops working when some people have much more power than others.

Article: 05.05.25

Reaching Democratic Agreement Differently Perry Walker and Paul Thistlethwaite share useful tools that can be used to reach a consensus.

Article: 05.03.25

Democracy as Human Connections At the heart of democracy must be the neighbourliness which connects and builds trust.

Article: 09.01.25

Communitarian Consensus-Building There are many different ways we can work together to make democratic decisions that everyone can support.

Article: 02.12.24

Multilevel Citizenship Grassroot activists and governments need each other and we need to integrate different kinds of decision-making.

Article: 09.10.24

Citizen Democracy: Learning from North West Together We Can NWTWC promoted local and regional based learning to improve lives and create sustainable communities.

Article: 10.09.24

Learning for Democracy Learning how to play our part in democracy is a basic skill that needs to be learned by everyone.

Article: 02.09.24

Engaging the Marginalised How do we reach people who are rarely heard and encourage them to engage in citizen democracy?

Article: 25.07.24

Democratising Education It will take big changes in how we do education if we are going to support people to value democratic principles.

Article: 24.06.24

Civic Dialogues and Citizen Democracy We need to help people make decisions together on a much more local level.

Article: 08.03.24

Humanity and the Planet Citizen Democracy is essential for tackling the urgent problems of the planet.

Article: 07.03.24

Democratic Healthcare The NHS and other public services need to be accountable to citizens and communities.

Article: 06.03.24

Democracy and Misinformation Misinformation in politics is extremely damaging to democracy, we should focus on practices to curtail it.

Article: 05.03.24

Our Democratic Infrastructure 9 areas for improvement in our democratic infrastructure.