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Systems change: What, how, and why now

ISSUE 528, FEBRUARY 2015 *SYSTEMS CHANGE EDITION*

Economic Development Local Government

To change society we need to change systems

Systems change focuses on the root causes - rather than the symptoms - of social ...

Economic Development Local Government

Q & A with Frances Westley: Learning to play the systems game

Frances Westley is chair of social innovation at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Preston: Building a new local economics

Almost £500m leaks out of Preston each year. Now the council is working with the ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

Making the criminal justice system work

Prison isn't working and in the US they are being shut down. Here in the ...

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Book review: The Whitehall Effect

The Whitehall Effect chronicles government mismanagement and makes a case for a new person-centred approach ...

Communities

Three ways to ensure payment by results contracts work

Payment by results is now a fixture in the public service funding landscape. Organisations, particularly ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

It’s time for civic capitalism

We need a new model of capitalism, one that is based on civic values, argue ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Ukip is dictating the policies of all mainstream parties

The first Tory poster of the campaign proclaims ‘let’s stay on the road to recovery’ ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Where next for local welfare schemes?

Since coming to power, the coalition government has presided over a collapse in support for ...