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Creating 'Opportunity for All'? New Labour, new localism and the opportunity society

Ellison, N.; Ellison, S

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Authors

N. Ellison

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
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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