Active citizenship policies under successive governments have not catered for society’s marginalised groups

Successive Governments of all main parties have championed the politics of active citizenship in seeking to create greater legitimacy for their policies and foster a healthier climate of political engagement. In assessing these efforts Cristiano Bee argues that these policies rest on a top-down understanding of the government’s role in relation to citizens, and that these efforts have failed to cater for marginalised groups in society.