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The decline of civil society and what it means for society

Phillip Blond's talk on "The decline of civil society and what it means for society" focuses on the New Civic Settlement: outlining a new politics of civic association. The talk outlines how civic society has been eroded, and what we can do to rebuild it and how a reconstituted associative culture can help solve public policy problems which neither the state nor the market have the ability to solve. 

• The decline of civil society and what it means for society in PDF [PDF 578KB, 33 pages]
• The decline of civil society and what it means for society in Powerpoint [Powerpoint 1.60MB , 33 slides]
• Audio recording - Phillip Blond's presentation [Wav 27.3MB]
• Audio recording response -  David Rossington, Director of Strategy & Performance, DCLG [Wav 4.6MB]