Reviews

Find out what Citizen Network members have been reading.

Reviews: 17.09.14 Hannah Arendt - The Last Interview Simon Duffy reviews Hannah Arendt - The Last Interview - and reflects on its lessons for thinking about the welfare…
Reviews: 14.08.14 The Frugal Innovator David Towell reviews a new book exploring how frugal innovators are finding radical solutions to pressing challenges…
Reviews: 26.05.14 Austerity Bites Mary O'Hara's book describes the many dimensions of 'austerity' and how it is affecting the lives of ordinary people in…
Reviews: 06.05.14 Whitehall Through the Looking Glass Henry Tam's excellent novel explores what happens when corporate interests take complete control of British…
Reviews: 13.01.14 Limits of Medicine Vinesh Kumar reviews Ivan Illich's classic Limits to Medicine - Medical Nemesis: the expropriation of health.
Reviews: 07.01.14 Antifragile Simon Duffy reviews Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book Antifragile - things that gain from disorder.
Reviews: 07.01.14 Basic Income Simon Duffy reviews Daniel Raventos's Basic Income: the material conditions of freedom.
Reviews: 01.07.13 The Unmaking of Man A book exploring what we can learn from the Holocaust and how it applies to people with disabilities today.
Reviews: 14.05.13 People Centred Public Health This book examines how members of the public can get involved in public health, primarily as volunteers or lay health…
Reviews: 28.02.13 No Going Back Authors Tim Keilty and Kellie Woodley write about the forgotten voices from Prudhoe Hospital.
Reviews: 12.09.12 Resilience Imperative A review by David Towell of The Resilience Imperative by Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty.
Reviews: 03.09.12 Just Because Rebecca Elliott's children's book get to the heart of human dignity and the vital link between diversity and equality.
Reviews: 11.04.12 Relative Matters - The essential guide to finding your way around the care system for older people Fellow of the Centre Chris Moon-Willems has published an important new book on care and support for older people.
Reviews: 01.03.12 The Transition Companion Rob Hopkins explores how local communities can become more resilient and, in particular, less damaging to the global…
Reviews: 08.02.12 Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Tim Jackson's new book outlines the case for a new vision of prosperity, one linked to our meaningful participation in…
Reviews: 06.02.12 Commissioning for Health and Well-Being This book explores what commissioning is, where it has come from and where it might be taking us.
Reviews: 15.12.11 Why The Third Way Failed Bill Jordan's book describes the development and failure of the 'Third Way' and it latest iteration 'Big Society.'
Reviews: 15.12.11 Longcare Survivors - The Biography of a Care Scandal John Pring's powerful account of institutional abuse, its history and its long-term effects.
Reviews: 06.10.11 Citizenship & Person-Centered Work Edited by John O'Brien & Carol Blessing, leaders of the inclusion movement share their invaluable learning.
Reviews: 30.09.11 Towards a Good Life? A discussion of the Western philosophical tradition and the lives of people with learning difficulties.
Reviews: 25.08.11 Marie - A Life Moving Forward The true story of one woman's ongoing fight against the system and her eventual triumph against all the odds.
Reviews: 20.03.11 The Spirit Level: why equality is better for everyone Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett demonstrate that inequalities damage the wellbeing of everyone in society - not…
Reviews: 04.01.11 The Rise of the Meritocracy Michael Young's classic attack on the arrogance and thoughtlessness of our meritocracy and failure to understand the…
Reviews: 04.01.11 Much More to Life than Services Bob Rhodes offers a vision for personalisation in social care that goes beyond the use of social care services and…
Reviews: 04.01.11 Turning the World Upside Down Nigel Crisp describes why western, developed countries have much to learn from developing countries who have had to…
Reviews: 04.01.11 Radical Hope: Education and Equality in Australia Noel Pearson describes how educational reform has failed for aboriginal people and makes the case for welfare reform…
Reviews: 01.01.11 Development from Within Varun Vidyarthi and Patricia Wilson explore the power of group reflection for achieving sustainable change in all…
Reviews: 15.10.10 But I Don't Want Eldercare! Terry Lynch's ground-breaking book explains how you can help your parents to stay as strong as they can, as long as they…
Reviews: 05.08.09 Keys to Citizenship A guide to getting good support for people with learning disabilities.
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