<strong>Community</strong> <strong>participation</strong> to change that. If one person on every street in Britain were involved in some kind of governance, if they really had the power to make a difference, and if more people’s everyday civic encounters were able to influence them, it really would have the potential to change many people’s world. 62
Notes Executive summary 1 S. Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (New York: Vintage Books, 1972). Conceptual note 1 The organisation Involve has produced an interesting summary of the state of civic <strong>participation</strong> in the UK, which includes interviews with influential thinkers and academics. Involve, People and Participation (London: Involve, 2005), available at: http://www.involving.org/mt/archives/blog_13/ People%20and%20Participation%20final.pdf. 2 M. Woolcock, ‘The place of social capital in understanding social and economic outcomes’, ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, Vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 11–17 (Spring 2001). 3 M. Granovetter, ‘The strength of weak ties’, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, pp. 1360–80 (1973). 4 M. Woolcock, ‘The place of social capital in understanding social and economic outcomes’, ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, Vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 11–17 (Spring 2001). Chapter 1 1 Lecture by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, MP at the 17th Arnold Goodman Charity on the ‘Civic Society in Modern Britain’, Thursday 20 July 2000, Merchant Taylor’s Hall, London. Available at: http://www.cafonline.org/ downloads/ev_goodman_lecture.pdf. 2 S. Arnstein, ‘A ladder of citizen <strong>participation</strong>,’ Journal of the American Institute of Planners, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 216–24 (July 1969). 63