The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice

by Peter Beresford

The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have undermined democracy, increasing isolation, inequality, poverty, disease and environmental threat. Yet this paradox may also offer a path to transformation.

Using international evidence and examples, The Antidote explores what we...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447376471
• ISBN13: 9781447376477
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 256 Pages