2001
DOI: 10.1111/0033-3352.00126
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New Labour and the Public Sector in Britain

Abstract: We examine the nature of the third way as a vision of public sector reform in Britain. New Labour has a distinctive public philosophy that contains an ideal often found in the socialist tradition, that is, citizens attaining moral personhood within and through the community. Old Labour generally sought to realise such an ideal in a universal welfare state characterised by a command form of service delivery. New Labour has responded to dilemmas, akin to those highlighted by the New Right, by transforming this m… Show more

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“…Since the election victory of New Labour in 1997, participation and network governance have become mantras that have further developed the regulatory changes which started in the late 1980s (Bevir and O'Brien 2001;Page 2003). While certainly none of these efforts marked a revolutionary turn towards participatory democracy, New Labour's agenda had a profound impact on the political landscape in Britain and put the EA under considerable pressure from governmental bodies and non-state actors.…”
Section: Explaining Modes Of Participation In Wfd Implementationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the election victory of New Labour in 1997, participation and network governance have become mantras that have further developed the regulatory changes which started in the late 1980s (Bevir and O'Brien 2001;Page 2003). While certainly none of these efforts marked a revolutionary turn towards participatory democracy, New Labour's agenda had a profound impact on the political landscape in Britain and put the EA under considerable pressure from governmental bodies and non-state actors.…”
Section: Explaining Modes Of Participation In Wfd Implementationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Local authorities may compete with one another in a way that hinders appropriate co-operation. They may be unwilling to share principles of best practice for fear of losing their competitive advantage (Bevir, 2001). But without knowledge sharing, local authorities cannot benefit from the experience and hard-won insights of others.…”
Section: Managerial and Local Barriers: The Resource-based Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…As Mark Bevir and David O'Brien note, the universal welfare state came under sustained attack from the neoliberal government of 1979-1997 on the grounds that it fostered welfare dependence, bureaucratic inefficiency, and uncontrollable costs. 26 These were critiques derived from New Right thinking, from Thatcher's electoral considerations, and from the economic 'imperatives' of fiscal tightening after the oil crisis in 1973. Labour leaders from Bevin to Blair have recognised the welfare state model as the embodiment of socialist values such as equality, social justice, and community, and as the expression of an ethic of fellowship in which no individual is left desolate.…”
Section: New Labour the Third Way And Epistemologymentioning
confidence: 99%