N. Ellison
Creating 'Opportunity for All'? New Labour, new localism and the opportunity society
Ellison, N.; Ellison, S
Authors
S Ellison
Abstract
Since coming to office, New Labour has made much of a ‘public philosophy’ that stresses the importance of equal access to opportunities. This article does not so much criticise this fairly modest understanding of social justice as ask whether the kind of social policies that New Labour has devised are capable of delivering ‘opportunity for all’. The suggestion is that, because ‘targeted’ policies – Labour’s local regeneration initiatives are the example taken here – face intrinsic difficulties as vehicles for social inclusion and thus greater equality of access to opportunity, they need to be supported by a wider commitment to distributive justice.
Citation
Ellison, N., & Ellison, S. (2006). Creating 'Opportunity for All'? New Labour, new localism and the opportunity society. Social Policy and Society, 5(3), 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746406003022
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2006-07 |
Deposit Date | Aug 4, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 4, 2008 |
Journal | Social Policy and Society |
Print ISSN | 1474-7464 |
Electronic ISSN | 1475-3073 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 337-348 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746406003022 |
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