Welcome to the Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

The major goal of CCD is to support teaching and research that explains, interprets and evaluates the challenges and opportunities that face citizenship and democratic politics in the modern world.

'Empowering communities to influence local decision making - A systematic review of the evidence' and 'Empowering communities to influence local decision making - Evidence-based lessons for policy makers and practitioners' were published on 1st June by the DCLG

Papers to be presented at the Prospects for Citizenship workshop on Monday, June 22nd are now becoming available to view.

ESRC Professorial Fellowship and other research projects and publications from the Director of CCD

Alexandra Kelso has just had a new book published by Manchester University Press, entitled Parliamentary Reform at Westminster. This is Dr Kelso’s first book, and is the result of extensive research on the Westminster parliament and attempts to reform it over the past century.

'Will the Tories really get Whitehall off the back of local government?' Gerry Stoker comments on the recent Conservative policy announcement on decentralisation. Read the full front page article at http://parliamentarybrief.com