What are the roots of 'feeling good'? As the battle ofideas at the centre left of politics escalates, it is becoming clear that social and economic justice, while necessary, are not in themselves sufficient conditions for a secure society. There is little sense of the human predicament in the middle of contemporary politics. Growing insecurity and uncertainty seem to characterize the human condition at the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to The Politics of Attachment - all distinguished authorities from a variety of backgrounds in public, professional and academic life - share a common conviction that we all have a powerful need to belong, to be attached to people, places and projects, and that social and political processes must reflect that. The writers draw on recent research and debate in developmental psychology and political science to provide a unique dialogue between the psychological and the social - a political grasp of ordinary human needs.
"The book as a whole furnishes a welcome antidote to soundbite politics. It discusses ideas about family and community, about youth crime and insecurity, about identity and political process.' New Times
"A fascinating journey into the wider world of attachment." Professional Social Work March 1998
"The Politics of Attachment may not have all the answers, but it raises all the right questions and will be uncomfortable reading for those on both the right and the left. The distinctive claim of this book is to go beyond current fashions and to argue that political theory and public policy can be enriched by drawing on the work of developmental psychologists." British Journal of Psychiatry
