CAN writer Tom Borrup recommends "From Access to Participation: Cultural policy and civil renewal" by Emily Keaney, a 2006 report from a British think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research. The IPPR finds that "countries with higher levels of cultural engagement also have higher levels of social and institutional trust, and people who participate in cultural activities are more likely than the average UK citizen to believe that other people are fair, helpful and can be trusted, and to have trust in the police, legal system, politicians and Parliament." Keaney suggests that the U.K.'s steep decline in voting and other forms of public participation could be positively affected by policy attention to cultural activity, particularly group activity. The book is available through the CAN Bookstore.

http://www.communityarts.net/bookstore/index.php

   

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