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Fit to govern?

Blog

08 Oct 2012

Matthew Taylor

It may seem an obvious point, but governance and politics are important both in themselves and in their effects. There is substantial evidence that good governance is an important variable in the economic growth. And, as there is also evidence linking good governance to public well-being, it is a reasonable hypothesis that in two countries or localities with similar levels of aggregate prosperity and growth, life will be better in the better governed place.

I used to be a Rottweiler (but only on the outside)

Blog

05 Oct 2012

Steve Broome

This blog takes in some stories and reflections from last weekend’s 4th UK Recovery Walk, some related learning from the RSA's own work programme on recovery, and links to our new work on commissioning.

The Slow Revolution

Video

04 Oct 2012

With Carl Honoré, Gervais Williams, Deepa Patel, Kate Fletcher and Ed Gillespie

How to Change the Future

Video

02 Oct 2012

Adam Kahane is a partner in Reos Partners

How businesses are helping communities in need

Press release

01 Oct 2012

RSA roundtables at this year's party conferences will ask \n"How can businesses help meet social needs in communities as hard times bite"?

Oldham’s Co-operative Council: A social productivity framework

Report

30 Sep 2012

Oldham Council – a founding member of the Co-operative Councils Network – has embarked on an ambitious journey to build a sustainable economic and social future for the borough. As part of this, the council has committed to reshaping its role and its relationship with local citizens. 

Thousands walk in support of drug recovery

Press release

29 Sep 2012

Today thousands of individuals from around the U.K. will gather by Hove seafront to walk through Brighton in support of the drug recovery movement.

Private Sector Social Value Act?

Blog

28 Sep 2012

Steve Broome

This week I was at the Lib Dem Party Conference in Brighton, where the RSA put on an event in partnership with ASDA on how business might help to meet social need in hard times.  Paul Buddery has given the toplines from the discussion in this blog, and in it he poses the question of how we make the transition from good practice at the margins, to common practice in the mainstream.  How do examples like ASDA’s Community Life Programme, and B&Q’s interest in co-producing shared value with its local communities, become standard business MO?

Harnessing the hidden enterprise culture

Blog

17 Sep 2012

Benedict Dellot

Last week the RSA published its Untapped Enterprise report, which calls for a new approach to addressing the UK's informal economy. Here, Colin C Williams FRSA, Professor of Public Policy at The University of Sheffield, offers his reflections on our research findings. Colin has published numerous articles on the nature and prevalence of undeclared work across the world and is the Editor of two journals, including the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.