David Cameron and the Big Society : a new deal for the new citizen
According to the 27th Report of the British Social Attitudes survey published in December 2010, the English public’s attitude to the recipients of welfare benefits, more particularly the unemployed, has hardened. There seems to be much less support for tax and spend policies and for ‘Big Government’...
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Observatoire de la société britannique
2012
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | According to the 27th Report of the British Social Attitudes survey published in December 2010, the English public’s attitude to the recipients of welfare benefits, more particularly the unemployed, has hardened. There seems to be much less support for tax and spend policies and for ‘Big Government’ intervention in social matters. Nevertheless, at the same time as the notion that there exists ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving poor’ was reappearing, the same respondents seemed to be fiercely condemning the inequalities that divided their society. An ambiguous attitude that David Cameron’s Conservative Party had to dissect in order to win back the electorate after 18 years out of office. The ‘Big Society´ was the party’s leader’s answer. How far can the Big Society reveal Cameron’s conception of social issues? Can it be used to draw an outline of his perception of what citizenship – here social citizenship – is? |
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