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Responsibility and the Big Society

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  • Antje Bednarek

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This paper focuses on the interplay between Conservative thought as evinced by the current Conservative Party leadership and the idea of responsibility, which is a central concern in the Big Society programme. I show that responsibility holds different meanings based on attitudes to work and the welfare state and that the differentiation in meaning map onto a working class/middle class distinction. I then argue that the ‘good society’ as it emerges from the Big Society idea would be a more stratified one that accepts large degrees of inequality. Leaving the conceptual plane, I then provide support for my argument with findings from qualitative research into the lifeworld of young Conservatives.

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  • Antje Bednarek, 2011. "Responsibility and the Big Society," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 16(2), pages 150-154, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:16:y:2011:i:2:p:150-154
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.2384
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