1st Edition

Richer Futures Fashioning a new politics

Edited By Ken Worpole Copyright 1999

    In every area of life, traditional, centralized party politics has been failing and the seeds of a new form of political life are being sown. This is true in housing, health, education, consumption and transport, where public policy is attracting increasing criticism. In an age of social alienation and urban despondency Richer Futures is a timely response to the growing interest in community-based, self-help action. It introduces new forms of communication and decision-making and sets out a programme for a sustainable politics.



    Contributions from some of the best-known thinkers and writers on contemporary urban, cultural and social policy (and campaigns) in Britain today pay tribute to the ideas and industrious activities of the influential writer and commentator Colin Ward. This uplifting collection of essays looks forward to a new politics of self-management and environmentally aware and sustainable lifestyles.

    Ken Worpole has written a number of books on urban and cultural policy, and a series of influential reports for Comedia, Demos and the Department of the Environment.



    Originally published in 1999

    Acronyms and Abbreviations

    About the Contributors

    Introduction by Ken Worpole

    Part I People and Ideas

    1 .The Anarchism of Colin Ward

    David Goodway

    Part II Growing Up Absurd

    2. Education on a Human Scale

    Fiona Carnie

    3. Education for Participation: Art and the Built Environment

    Eileen Adams

    Part III A Roof Over Your Head

    4. Looking Forward and Looking Back: State Provision and Self-help in Housing Policy

    Alison Ravetz

    Part IV Other Landscapes, Other Ways

    5. A Peopled Landscape

    Colin Ward

    6. The Land is ours

    George Monbiot

    7. Poverty Power: Community Empowerment in Developing Countries

    Nicola Baird

    Part V Dig Where You Stand

    8. Plots of Resistance: Food Culture and the British

    Tim Lang

    9. Local, Mutual, Voluntary and Simple: The Power of Local Exchange Trading Schemes

    Jonathan Croall

    Part VI Fashioning a New Politics

    10. Path Not (Yet) Taken: The Politics of Sustainability

    Ken Worpole

    Index

    Biography

    Ken Worpole has written a number of books on urban and cultural policy, and a series of influential reports for Comedia, Demos and the Department of the Environment.