We have a problem, too many of us feel that democracy is broken. We distrust politicians, despair at the rise of bureaucracy and feel ignored when it comes to the decisions that affect our lives. Our democracies have become arrogant and controlling. It's time to take democracy on a journey towards a new world of intimacy and co-creation. To go from outmoded ways of decision making to ones that support dynamic, organic and pro-social ways of connecting, conversing and deciding. We need to create networked, active democracies and this book is about how we make that happen.

Loss. And found: A collection of poetry about love, loss and discovery. This collection was written between 2007 and 2013. The poems and images reflect the passage of relationships and our physical movement in the pursuit of (or away from) them. How do we re-negotiate our own sense of belonging and meaning through multiple migrations (of self and heart), yet remain anchored? Nothing happens in isolation. This collection began to form in New Zealand, in the Waitakere Ranges and alongside the Manukau Harbour. It was finished in East London, close to the River Lea and the Thames. Places between might be less obvious but are no less important. The images are collectively derived from East Sussex and Provence, in the wind shadows of Firle Beacon and the Petit Luberon. The poems are thematic. They are not serial. Some poems contain words written in Maori. They are not translated. Translation colonises meaning. Who are they about? I don't know. Or I won't say.

Researching with communities presents a range of personal and grounded perspectives from academics, researchers and practitioners on undertaking research in ways that promote and privilege the voice of the community, is respectful of local or indigenous practices and is culturally safe. Most definitely not a 'tick list' for approaching community-inclusive research, this book provides grounded exemplars, guides and discussion about the experiences of doing research respectfully and inclusively. It does this by drawing on the perspectives of researchers and community practitioners and by providing a range of reflective chapters that explore what community-based research means in a range of settings and for a range of people. Like the communities in which they are grounded, undertaking research in this way is always a unique experience.