Selected Articles

The following are a few articles I have written:

2011
Andersson, Edward & El Ansari, Walid (2011) ‘Beyond value? Measuring the costs and benefits of public participation’ in Journal of Integrated Care (vol. 19 no. 6 2011, pp. 45-57)

2010
Finnish Government: ‘Counting what counts not what can be counted: Does regulation help or hinder successful citizen engagement? Lessons from the UK.’ EPACE Conference proceedings

Interview by 'Our Life'  on Community Engagement: http://www.ourlife.org.uk/ourlife/en/media/getting-to-the-heart-of-community-engagement/ 

2009
NCVO: ‘The Future of Democracy and what it means for the Third Sector’, article in NCVO Foresight Yearbook http://www.3s4.org.uk/

OECD: ‘Globalised Democracy’ in Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement for Better Policy and Services (with Richard Wilson) http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,3343,en_2649_33735_42216857_1_1_1_1,00.html

MASS LBP: Engaging with Impact http://www.masslbp.com/download/engaging.pdf

2008
IAP2: ‘European Citizens Consultations’ in Participation Quarterly (with Oliver Henman) http://www.iap2.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=7

2007
‘People power must be part of policy-making’, The Guardian, July 4 2007 (with Richard Wilson) http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jul/04/futureforpublicservices.comment?INTCMP=SRCH

'Is engaging online a substitute or supplement for real life connection?' E-Gov Monitor 12 November, 2007 (with Alice Casey) http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/15743

2006
‘The True Costs of Public Participation: Why it is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong’ in Stoker, Gerry, John, Peter, and Brannan, Tessa (eds.), Re-energising Citizenship: Strategies for Civil Renewal (London: Palgrave Macmillan) (with Diane Warburton and Richard Wilson) http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=276938

‘Participants –Economic Men or Social Animals’ in Wilson, Richard (ed.) Post Party Politics: Can participation reconnect people & government? http://www.involve.org.uk/post_party_politics