The Young Foundation, in partnership with the Carnegie UK Trust launched a report entitled Contentious citizens: civil society's role in campaigning for social change.

This paper traces the story of campaigning for progressive social change from its origins in the late eighteenth century through to the present day, analysing a range of British campaigns from Chartism to MakePovertyHistory, and international efforts ranging from MoveOn.org in the US to the "coup de text" in the Philippines. It concludes by assessing the danger and promise of campaigning today, and how it may develop in the near future.

By Paul Hilder with Julie Caulier-Grice and Kate Lalor.

Download a full pdf version of the Report.