Location: Courtyard Room, Park House, University of Birmingham
Date: 21 February 2012

Throughout 2010 The Big Society was a key organising concept for the Coalition Government's political strategy and policy development. In late 2011 the Big Society was declared 'dead' by some. This seminar doesn't attempt to explore the whys and wherefores of the Big Society idea. Instead, it traces key themes within Big Society back to their geographical and temporal roots and draws on and extends the work of Richard Freeman to show how the construction of the Big Society concept can be understood as a process of 'translation'.

• Third Sector Research Centre Birmingham Seminar Series