A challenge to liberalism? The communitarianism of the Big Society and Blue Labour
A challenge to liberalism? The communitarianism of the Big Society and Blue Labour
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对自由主义的挑战？
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2012
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D. Sage
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D. Sage
本文探讨了近年来保守党和工党如何开始主张公民社会和社区的机构应该得到振兴和加强。这些论点从社群主义的理论中得到启发，强调社群和公民生活的重要性，而不是更自由的个人权利主张。对于保守党来说，这些想法已经综合在“大社会”的旗帜下，而“蓝色工党”-一个相对较新的政治倾向-认为工党必须代表一个基于社区行动的更具合作性和互惠性的公民社会。后来有人认为，虽然这两个概念无疑代表了与社群主义思想的接触，但它们面临着重大挑战。最终，文章得出的结论是，大社会面临着比蓝色工党更深刻的障碍，如果它能够克服自己的困难，很可能会为强大的社区主义社会民主奠定基础。
This article explores how in recent years both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party have begun to argue that the institutions of civil society and community should be reinvigorated and strengthened. Such arguments take inspiration from the theories of communitarianism, which stress the importance of community and civic life over the more liberal claims of individual rights. For the Conservatives, these ideas have been synthesized under the banner of the ‘Big Society’, while ‘Blue Labour’ – a relatively new political tendency – argues that Labour must stand for a more cooperative and reciprocal civil society based upon community action. It is subsequently argued that although both concepts unquestionably represent an engagement with communitarian ideas, they face significant challenges. Ultimately, the article concludes that the Big Society faces more profound impediments than Blue Labour which, if it is able to overcome its own difficulties, may well support the foundation for a powerful, communitarian social democracy.