SofteningTheBlow

First Published September 2014© Civitas 201455 Tufton StreetLondon SW1P 3QLemail: books@civitas.org.ukAll rights reservedISBN 978 1 906837-64-8Independence: Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society is aregistered educational charity (No. 1085494) and a company limitedby guarantee (No. 04023541). Civitas is financed from a variety ofprivate sources to avoid over-reliance on any single or small groupof donors.All publications are independently refereed. All the Institute’spublications seek to further its objective of promoting theadvancement of learning. The views expressed are those of theauthors, not of the Institute.Typeset byKevin DoddPrinted in Great Britain byBerforts Group LtdStevenage, SGI 2BH