Sir Bernard Crick was Emeritus Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and Honorary Fellow in Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was chairman of the advisory group on The Teaching of Citizenship and Democracy in Schools and was presented with the Political Studies Association's Fiftieth Anniversary Award for lifetime achievement in political studies in 2000.

... well written, intelligent and insightful. - British Politics Group Newsletter #198 (Spring 2002)

• The pre-history of the Citizenship Report 1997; the introduction of politics in schools (1969); on bias (1972); political literacy (with Ian Lister, 1978); basic concepts for political education (1978); citizenship and education (1992); a defence of the Citizenship Order, 1999; towards 2002 - the good and the active citizen; for some special groups - values education, human rights, global citizenship; governors; the presuppositions of citizenship education; the decline of political thinking in British public life; a meditation on democracy, politics and inclusive citizenship.