Reviews

Find out what Citizen Network members have been reading.

Reviews: 25.11.24 UK Education: Still Awaiting an Inclusive Future David Towell reviews two books focusing on the development of inclusive education in England.
Reviews: 02.09.24 Inclusive Education: Theory, Policy and Practice A guidebook for educators, policy-makers and practitioners advancing the journey to inclusive education.
Reviews: 18.05.24 Love and Disobedience In these challenging times Hannah Arendt's writings offer us guidance and encouragement.
Reviews: 03.03.23 Active Hope An inspiring book to help us face the mess we're in with resilience, creativity and action.
Reviews: 28.02.23 Rethinking Boethius This ancient text reveals a lost approach to economics thinking that we need to rediscover.
Reviews: 18.01.23 The Spirited Disaffection of a Vocational Doctor What can one man’s personal reminiscences tell us about our community’s assets and losses?
Reviews: 21.11.22 Homes for People and Wildlife A report offering a vision for how people and wildlife can live in harmony.
Reviews: 14.10.22 The Bradford Revolution Bradford began the destruction of municipal socialism in the pretence of improving local government.
Reviews: 07.07.21 Post Growth Tim Jackson's book marshals great thinkers, poets and evidence to argue we must abandon our destructive notion of…
Reviews: 17.06.21 Out of the Ordinary Marc Stears proposes that the values and visions of ordinary people carry within them the possibility of radical…
Reviews: 04.06.21 Those Who Can, Teach This book is an eloquent testimony to the importance of investing in quality education to enrich the futures of all…
Reviews: 24.05.21 Paint Your Town Red David Towell reviews a new book describing the realities of the Preston model.
Reviews: 08.04.21 A Wild Love for the World David Towell reviews a new collection of writings celebrating the lifework of the Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.
Reviews: 12.02.21 The Lonely Century This new and challenging book by Noreena Hertz outlines the shape of a transformative programme to rebuild community.
Reviews: 09.11.20 Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach's film reveals the brutal reality of the modern gig economy.
Reviews: 07.10.20 Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19 A review of Robin Hambleton's Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19 the sequel to Leading the Inclusive City.
Reviews: 22.06.20 Rekindling Democracy Cormac Russell's inspiring book describes the limitations of current models of public policy and offers a positive…
Reviews: 21.10.19 Essentials of Basic Income Annie Miller's short book provides an ideal definition of basic income and provides a framework for campaigners to…
Reviews: 16.09.19 Creating Blue Space David Towell reviews Hans Meissner's illuminating account of the journey from institutional services for people…
Reviews: 16.08.19 Creating Space for Citizens in Social Care Peter Limbrick's model of Caring Activism does not assume that everybody will want to or should take on a caring role.…
Reviews: 24.07.19 Crippled by Austerity Simon Duffy reviews Frances Ryan's important book which describes the devastating impact of the UK Government's…
Reviews: 09.05.19 Simplicity Parenting Kim John Payne's book explores the unnecessary pressures and stress placed on children in the modern world and offers…
Reviews: 10.01.19 Life Nourishment A review of Simon Goldsmith's book Life Nourishment, which explores how to build relationships and community
Reviews: 20.12.18 Austerity's Victims One million adults with a learning disability in the UK who have suffered because of government measures since 2010.
Reviews: 13.08.18 Learning From Nature David Towell reviews 3 books which help us to understand how we might create a future in which we live in harmony with each…
Reviews: 07.07.18 What Should Citizens Believe? Henry Tam has written a book, in association with Citizen Network, to help citizens expose the dogmas and lies that…
Reviews: 15.01.18 The Great Troubled Families Fraud Simon Duffy reviews Professor Gregg's book on the fraud and dishonesty behind the Troubled Families Programme.
Reviews: 13.11.17 Not So Sapiens After All The trials and tribulations of our Welfare system have deeper and more complex roots than many can imagine. 'Sapiens: A…
Reviews: 05.09.17 Reclaiming the Common Good A review of Reclaiming the Common Good: How Christians can help re-build a broken world, a collection of essays edited…
Reviews: 31.07.17 No Is Not Enough There is unlikely to be a more important book published this summer, David Towell reviews Naomi Klein's latest book.
Reviews: 31.05.17 Doughnut Economics Conventional economics is broken. Here is the radical alternative we need to shape a better future which works for…
Reviews: 20.01.17 The Systems View of Life 'With nature as our mentor, another world is possible' David Towell reviews The Systems View of Life.
Reviews: 11.01.17 Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family Maria Lyons reviews a book which explores the celebrates caregiving as an essential role for men and women.
Reviews: 16.12.16 Community Care & Inclusion for People with an Intellectual Disability Robin Jackson and Maria Lyons are the editors of a series of essays reviewing the history of services for people with…
Reviews: 24.10.16 The Future of the Professions Robin Jackson reviews The Future of the Professions: How technology will transform the work of human experts.
Reviews: 21.08.16 The Rise of the Robots Robin Jackson urges everyone with an interest in achieving welfare reform to read Martin Ford's book and consider the…
Reviews: 24.07.16 Racisms: From the Crusades to the 20th Century "If we want to change something, a good start is to understand it." David Towell reviews Francisco Bethencourt's book…
Reviews: 18.07.16 Cities for a Small Continent David Towell reviews this detailed study of seven cities that have experienced major decline, recovery and new…
Reviews: 14.05.16 Under the North Star A review of Väinö Linna's Finnish trilogy and an exploration of the roots of the welfare state and the price earlier…
Reviews: 05.02.16 Pathfinders Review 2 David Towell reviews Pathfinders, the latest book by John O'Brien and Beth Mount published by Inclusion Press.
Reviews: 22.01.16 Pathfinders This book by John O'Brien and Beth Mount describes what we can learn from pathfinders with disabilities who have helped…
Reviews: 23.11.15 Liderando la Ciudad Inclusiva Este importante libro de Robin Hambleton da un contexto integral para las propuestas en el folleto de David Towell,…
Reviews: 23.09.15 This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate David Towell is shaken and stirred by this latest blockbuster from Naomi Klein.
Reviews: 10.08.15 Conflict Transformation Through School Jeremy Cunningham's book offers a curriculum for sustainable peace. David Towell has written this review.
Reviews: 16.06.15 Leading the Inclusive City In his book Robin Hambleton argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban…
Reviews: 26.01.15 Hope Against Hope Review of Nadezhda Mandelstam's classic biography of her husband and description of Stalinist Russia.
Reviews: 25.01.15 Greek and Roman Political Ideas Simon Duffy reviews Melissa Lane's book on political theory in the ancient world and its relevance to modern debates.
Reviews: 19.01.15 Leading from the Emerging Future David Towell reviews a challenging book which sets out a red-green agenda to address contemporary economic, social…
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