Further Resources

Keeping People at the Centre – Principle 6

Arnstein S R (1969), A Ladder of Citizen Participation, Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 35, No. 4, July 1969, pp. 216-224

Centre of Expertise for Good Governance (2021), Civil participation in decision-making toolkit, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Cook D et al (2009), Getting it right, and righting the wrongs, Crown Copyright, available at https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/1258299.pdf

Cottam H (2019), Radical Help: How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state, Little Brown Book Co.

Dacombe R and Parvin P (2021), Participatory democracy in an age of inequality, Journal of Representative Democracy, Vol 57, Issue 2 Full article: Participatory Democracy in an Age of Inequality (tandfonline.com)

Russell C and McKnight J (2022), The Connected Community: discovering the health, wealth and power of neighbourhoods, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc, California, USA

Robson S (2021), What we have learnt already: A summary of community research, consultations and learning across Barrow Borough, Women’s Community Matters, Barrow in Furness (2024 updates available)

The Citizen’s Handbook, Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation (citizenshandbook.org)

World Health Organization (2007), People at the Centre of Health Care: Harmonizing mind and body, people and systems, 9789290613169_eng.pdf (who.int)