Publications
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Apr
2007
Tuesday 17th April, 2007
The Leadership Effect: Can Headteachers Make a Difference?
Edited by James O'Shaughnessy.
We expect more of our school leaders than ever before. Gone is the view of the head teacher as primus inter pares; they are now supposed to be visionary leaders, curriculum specialists, disciplinarians, senior managers, community representatives and, just occasionally, teachers too. They are expected to transform the worst state schools and maintain performance in the best. But is this emphasis on leadership justified? Can headteachers make a difference?
Jan
2007
Monday 29th January, 2007
Living apart together British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism
By Munira Mirza, Abi Senthilkumaran & Zein Ja'far
Policy Exchange has released Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism, a major new survey of the attitudes of Muslims in Britain and the reasons behind the rapid rise in Islamic fundamentalism amongst the younger generation. The research finds that there is a growing religiosity amongst the younger generation of Muslims and that they feel that they have less in common with non-Muslims than do their parents. Significantly, they exhibit a much stronger preference for Islamic schools and sharia law and place a greater stress on asserting their identity publicly, for example, by wearing the hijab.
Wednesday 24th January, 2007
The Best Laid Plans: How planning prevents economic growth
By Alan W. Evans & Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich.
In three previous publications the report's authors have shown that most of the problems with the housing market - low supply, high prices, overcrowding - can be attributed to the planning system.
Evans and Hartwich conclude in The Best Laid Plans that the main objective of planning has been to limit the spatial extent of cities and that this artificial reduction of land supply has severe consequences for society, the environment and the economy.
Dec
2006
Tuesday 12th December, 2006
No More Tiers: Reforming Shire Government
By Tim Palmer & Glyn Gaskarth.
The local government system in shire counties is under pressure. Although the recent Local Government White Paper struck a cautious note, it is clear that councils are expected to change, while tight budgets increase the needs to find more efficient solutions.
The current system is confusing to voters and promotes conflict between different tiers of government. Yet conventional 'unitary' solutions are unattractive, reducing democratic representation and making local government more remote. Tim Palmer and Glyn Gaskarth argue that there is a better way: an innovative model of 'federal' county government, which streamlines bureaucracy and presents a unified public face, while power originates at a very local level and is delegated up where necessary.
Wednesday 6th December, 2006
Confessions of a Hawkish Hack: The Media and the War on Terror
By Matthew d'Ancona.
Much of the discourse on the war on terror has sacrificed historical perspective for an often partisan focus on the day-by-day flow of events. Confessions of a hawkish hack: the media and the war on terror is Matthew D’Ancona’s critique of such short-termism. In it, he outlines his own interpretation of the attacks of 9/11 and the media’s coverage of events since then.
Above all, he urges the West to show greater patience and stamina in a conflict that is likely to last for decades and may never have a clear end point.
Nov
2006
Thursday 23rd November, 2006
Science vs Superstition: the case for a new scientific enlightenment
Edited by James Panton & Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich.
Science vs Superstition – the case for a new scientific enlightenment challenges the common belief that scientific progress in today’s world inevitably entails an element of danger or moral uncertainty. While many people seem to lack the vision of a genuinely better future, the authors of this collection of essays believe that it is time to make the case for a more positive attitude towards the future – a future that is made better through science.
In eight chapters, James Panton and Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich show how our perception of science has changed in recent decades and examines several case studies of the battle of scientific progress against unsubstantiated fears.
Monday 6th November, 2006
Living for the City: A New Agenda for Green Cities
Edited by Jesse Norman.
This book investigates how we live in cities today; how city design affects our lives, and how we can make cities not just bearable but healthy and vibrant places to live for all their inhabitants? Through researching these issues Living for the City brings out crucial yet unexpected links between 'direct democracy' or greater citizen participation in community action and local decision-making; greener, healthier and safer city environments; and improved economic growth.
Oct
2006
Monday 2nd October, 2006
2056: What future for Maggie's Children?
Edited by Roger Gough.
This collection of essays is based on the premise that those born between 1980 and 1995 are an ‘unlucky generation’. Paying off student debts, struggling to get on to the housing ladder, and difficulty finding money to put aside for a comfortable retirement, are just some of the pressures that ‘Maggie’s children’ face as they plan for an uncertain future. Continuing family breakdown suggests that increasing numbers of them will live alone in old age.
Using demographic projections to map key public policy challenges UK society faces over the next 50 years, Policy Exchange – together with charity Age Concern – has commissioned MPs, academics and business figures to consider the policy tools needed for younger generations to be able to approach later life with confidence.
The resulting essays include strong policy recommendations which aim to address the major risks to the welfare of ‘Maggie’s children’: difficulties in achieving financial security, uncertainty about how increased longevity will affect the nature of their retirement, and increasing isolation as more and more people live alone.
Jul
2006
Saturday 1st July, 2006
When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism
By Martin Bright.
Martin Bright's unique run of classified 'scoops' on the British State's policy of accommodating Islamist reactionaries at home and abroad has set all kinds of dovecotes a-flutter in Whitehall. Now, courtesy of Policy Exchange, Bright has brought them all together in one accessible pamphlet - as well as some hitherto unpublished material which the Government would rather we never had seen.
Jun
2006
Wednesday 14th June, 2006
Compassionate Conservatism: what it is, why we need it
By Jesse Norman & Janan Ganesh.
David Cameron has made "modern, compassionate conservatism" the guiding philosophy of his leadership of the Conservative Party, stating that "there is such a thing as society; it's just not the same thing as the state". But many have expressed scepticism or even hostility to this idea. So what is compassionate conservatism, and how can it meet the social and political challenges faced by today's Britain? These are the questions that Jesse Norman and Janan Ganesh answer in their acclaimed new book.
"Superb ... What the Conservatives need now is not re-branding but an actual philosophical and policy basis for action. This book brilliantly provides that basis." Andrew Sullivan.
