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The Big Society is an illiberal concept that promotes subjective moral beliefs and threatens to entrench private interests in public life

Melissaris, Emmanuel (2010) The Big Society is an illiberal concept that promotes subjective moral beliefs and threatens to entrench private interests in public life. British Politics and Policy at LSE (15 Dec 2010). Website.

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Abstract

The Big Society has become one of the defining concepts of David Cameron’s short term as Prime Minister. However, Emmanuel Melissaris argues that it threatens to promote substantive moral beliefs and private interests, to which not everyone is or ought to be committed, and thus it fails to abide by the very standards of liberalism and fairness that the coalition has set for itself.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information: © 2010 The author
Divisions: Law
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2012 16:55
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 17:44
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/41404

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