Imagining Regulation Differently

Morag McDermont is a Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Bristol. Tim Cole is a Professor of Social History and Director of the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol. Janet Newman is an Emeritus Professor at The Open University. Angela Piccini is a Reader in Screen Media at the University of Bristol.

• 1. Introduction: From the regulation of engagement to regulating for engagement - Marilyn Howard, Morag McDermont and Martin Innes2. Co-production as experimentation: the research forum as method - Sue Cohen, Tim Cole, Morag McDermont and Angela PicciniBox Feature Community researchers and community researcher training - Helen Thomas-Hughes3. Beyond Prevent: Muslim engagement in city governance - Therese O’ Toole4. Regulating for care-ful knowledge production: researching older people, isolation and loneliness - Helen Manchester, Jenny Barke and the Productive Margins Collective5. Who gets to decide what's in my fridge?: principles for transforming the 'invisible rules' shaping the regulation of food habits in urban spaces - Naomi Millner, Sue Cohen, Tim Cole, Kitty Webster, Heidi Andrews, Makala Cheung, Penny Evans, Annie Oliver and the Food Working Group, as part of the Productive Margins programme6. ‘Life Chances’: thinking with art to generate new understandings of low-income situations - Debbie Watson, Sue Cohen, Nathan Evans, Marilyn Howard, Moestak Hussein, Sophie Mellor, Angela Piccini and Simon Poulter7. The 4Ms project: young people, research and arts-activisms in a post-industrial place - Emma Renold, Gabrielle Ivinson, Gareth Thomasand Eva Elliott8. Regulating Engagement Through Dissent - Greg Leo Bond, Daniel Balla, Ari Cantwell and Brendan Tate Wistreich9. The role of community anchor organisations in regulating for engagement in a devolved government setting - Eva Elliott, Sue Cohen and David Frayne10. Conclusion: Towards an Organic Model of Regulating for Engagement - Bronwen Morgan, Morag McDermont and Martin InnesPostscript : Engaging the University? - Janet Newman

“An excellent book, which deserves to be widely read by all those involved in public policy and regulation.” Helen Sullivan, Australian National University