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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 Martell
This 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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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Critical Social Policy

ISSN

0261-0183

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

52

Volume

17

Page range

27-46

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  • Politics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2008-02-13

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-04-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-04-23

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