The Cabinet Office

04 November 2011

History of money, barter and alternative currencies: what lessons does history offer? Nicholas Mayhew, Craig Muldrew and Mark Roodhouse
7 November 2011

As part of a series of policy-relevant seminars co-organised with the Cabinet Office and Efficiency and Reform Group, H&P convened a trio of historians to explore the nature of money and process of monetisation; the changing role of credit and the role of trust; and alternative forms and spheres of exchange. 

• Craig Muldrew, Cambridge University, Markets without Banks [pdf, 136KB]
• Mark Roodhouse, York University, Beyond the Market presentation text [pdf, 106KB] and presentation slides [pdf, 1.1MB]

‘Big Society’ seminar: Kate Bradley, Jose Harris, Matthew Hilton, John Mohan, Simon Szreter, Pat Thane, Karl Wilding
15 June 2010

H&P was invited by the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit to convene a group of expert historians to inform their work on the government's 'Big Society' agenda. The seminar explored changes in the relationship between the state and the voluntary sector and changes in people's engagement with civic society. 

• Kate Bradley, University of Kent, Case study: the settlement movement, 1884-present [pdf, 136KB]

• Jose Harris, St Katherine's College, Oxford, 'Big Society' and 'Great Society': smaller, bigger, different or much the same? [pdf, 104KB]

• Matthew Hilton, James McKay, Nicholas Crowson, Jean-Francois Mouhot, University of Birmingham 'The Big Society': civic participation and the state in modern Britain

• John Mohan, University of Southampton, Historical evidence on the third sector and volunteering [pdf, 53KB]

• Simon Szreter, St John's College, Cambridge, Long-term historical perspectives on civic activism, social capital, local and central government in Britain c.1500-2000 [pdf, 811KB]

• Karl Wilding, Head of Research, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, NCVO briefing paper [pdf, 44KB]

See also:

• John Mohan The past and future of the NHS: New Labour and foundation hospitals

• John Mohan and Karl Wilding Economic downturns and the voluntary sector: what can we learn from historical evidence

• Pat Thane, H&P and Centre for Contemporary British History, The voluntary sector in British society [pdf, 111KB]. This paper was prepared for a British Academy conference on voluntary action in March 2009.

• The voluntary hospitals database, for information about voluntary hospitals, their finances and activity before the NHS.