Carnegie UK Trust - Democracy & Civil Society

Civil Society: Enabling Dissent (Dublin)

This paper provides a transcript of the four speeches made at the joint Inquiry/Atlantic Philanthropies event held in Dublin in May 2009. The speakers were: Kumi Naidoo, Jack O'Connor, Sr. Stan, and Niall Crowley.

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Civil society, the economy and financial sector; A conversation between Will Hutton and Geoff Mulgan

On 20 April, 2009, Geoff Mulgan, Chair of the Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland, met with Will Hutton to capture his views on the roles of civil society associations in contributing to and shaping a more civil economy. This paper documents some of the key reflections from the conversation.

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Civil society associations and the values of social justice

by Professor Gary Craig

This report is a summary of a full-length report written by Professor Gary Craig. The report explores how civil society associations (CSAs) understand and operationalise the concept of social justice. In addition, it considers what distinguishes CSAs from organisations in the public and private sectors and the obstacles civil society associations encounter in operating as social justice organsations. The full report will be available on the website soon.

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Briefing Paper - Civil Society, Social Justice and Climate Change

This paper outlines some of the initial findings of the first phase of research carried out by the new economics foundation (nef) about bridging the social justice and climate change agendas. The paper was developed to inform a roundtable event where the issues raised would be discussed in more depth.

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Civil Society - Climate Change and Resource Scarcity

This is a paper written by Tony Kendle at the Eden Project explaining the background to a new project between the Carnegie UK Trust and the Eden Project. The project is to develop a guide for non-environmental civil society organisations to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities brought by climate change and resource scarcity.

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Report from Civicus event on DISSENT

This is write-up of the event the Inquiry held at the Civicus World Assembly (June 2008) on the Marginalisation of Dissent. Kumi Naidoo of Civicus moderated the session which included presentations from Adnan Siddiqui (Cageprisoners), Simon Woolley (Operation Black Vote) and Oonagh McArdle (Community Workers Cooperative)

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Power Moves: Exploring Power and Influence in the UK

This report has been developed as part of the Carnegie UK Trust’s interest in how civil society associations apply and engage with power and influence. The report tells the stories of four recent policy decisions and examines the role of civil society associations in influencing the decision. The four case studies explore the issues of energy, school dinners, equalities and English language teaching. We hope these stories will be of practical value to

Publications

Civil Society: Enabling Dissent (Dublin)

Civil society, the economy and financial sector; A conversation between Will Hutton and Geoff Mulgan

Civil society associations and the values of social justice

Briefing Paper - Civil Society, Social Justice and Climate Change

Civil Society - Climate Change and Resource Scarcity

Report from Civicus event on DISSENT

Power Moves: Exploring Power and Influence in the UK

The Public Sphere

Civil Society and the Law

Civil society and climate change

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