Join the Chamberlain Forum for the launch of Taking Power Back: Putting People in Charge of Politics, the new book from Simon Parker.

One of the key issues of our time is the question of where power and governance should lie. Should they be centrally controlled, drawing on efficiencies of scale and gathered knowledge? Or should they be more locally distributed, so that they more closely represent the actual needs of people and communities? In "Taking Power Back," Simon Parker, Director of think tank NLGN, makes a powerful case for the latter. Centralization, he argues, has been largely a failure, breeding distrust among citizens who are beginning to take matters into their own hands. Offering policy recommendations and practical suggestions, Taking Power Back argues for a new kind of politics, one that can fully unleash society's creative potential.

Chamberlain Forum is Birmingham's neighbourhood think/do-tank which works to help communities and the agencies that serve them to work together to make better places to live. This event is part of Birmingham Democracy Week which is supported by Standing Up For Birmingham

Join us for discussion and drinks with Simon at the Council House, Birmingham on Wednesday 14th October.