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New Labour's communitarianisms
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posted on 2023-06-15, 11:35 authored by Stephen Driver, Luke MartellLuke MartellThis article argues that communitarianism can be analysed on different levels — sociological, ethical and meta—ethical — and along different dimensions — conformist/pluralist, more conditional/less conditional, progressive/conservative, prescriptive/voluntary, moral/socioeconomic and individual/corporate. We argue that New Labour's communitarianism is a response to both neo-liberalism and old social democracy. It is sociological, ethical and universalist rather than particularist on the meta-ethical level. Labour increasingly favours conditional, morally prescriptive, conservative and individual communitarianisms. This is at the expense of less conditional and redistributional socioeconomic, progressive and corporate communitarianisms. It is torn between conformist and pluralist versions of communitarianism. This bias is part of a wider shift in Labour thinking from social democracy to a liberal conservatism which celebrates the dynamic market economy and is socially conservative.
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Critical Social PolicyISSN
0261-0183Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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52Volume
17Page range
27-46Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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2008-02-13First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-04-23First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-04-23Usage metrics
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