New Labour’s citizens: activated, empowered, responsibilized, abandoned?
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- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Critical Social Policy
- Vol. 25 (4) , 447-463
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018305057024
Abstract
New Labour has paid considerable attention to citizenship. In this paper I explore the different ways in which citizens have been addressed and affected by New Labour policies, concentrating on four processes: activation, empowerment, responsibilization and abandonment. I argue that these different processes are not just the effect of looking at New Labour from different perspectives. Rather they need to be seen as linked in a political and governmental project that seeks to construct the unity of the nation and manage its internal diversity.Keywords
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