citizen's stake

Will Paxton edited this volume whilst a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. In the past, he has published on savings policy, volunteering and democratic participation, financial exclusion and poverty. Stuart White is Fellow in Politics at Jesus College, Oxford University. He researches in political theory and public policy and is the author of The Civic Minimum: On the Rights and Obligations of Economic Citizenship (2003) and co-editor of The Ethics of Stakeholding (2003, with Keith Dowding and Jurgen Dewiseplaere). Dominic Maxwell is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. Before joining IPPR he was a Research Assistant for a Labour MP, and has previous experience at HM Treasury and Progress.

• Introduction: The new politics of ownership ~ Will Paxton and Stuart White; Part One: Financing a citizen's stake: Inheritance tax: what do the people think? Evidence from deliberative workshops ~ Miranda Lewis and Stuart White; Towards a citizen's inheritance: reforming inheritance tax ~ Dominic Maxwell; Using stakeholder trusts to reclaim common assets ~ David Bollier; Land tax: options for reform ~ Iain McLean; A capital start: but how far do we go? ~ Howard Glennerster and Abigail McKnight; Part Two: Forms of a citizen's stake: Attitudes of young people towards capital grants ~ Andrew Gamble and Rajiv Prabhakar; Universal capital grants: the issue of responsible use ~ Will Paxton and Stuart White; Caretaker resource accounts for parents ~ Anne L. Alstott; Carework: are care accounts the answer? ~ Jane Lewis; Having the time for our life: re-working time ~ Linda Boyes and Jim McCormick; Conclusion: what is the best way forward for the citizen's stake? ~ Nick Pearce, Will Paxton and Stuart White.

"... a diverse and interesting selection of essays which will contribute positively to the debate about a citizen's stake." Citizen's Income, Issue 1, 2007.