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Who was Anthony Giddens?Anthony Giddens is one of the most prominent thinkers behind the third way, a philosophical approach that shaped those policies implemented by New Labour
What did Giddens and others sought to reinvigorate social democracy in the context of?globalisation
What does Giddens describe the third way as?He described the third way as a modification of social democratic thinking in which the welfare system would be restructured to give people ‘a hand-up, not a hand-out.
What does the third way mean for redistribution of wealth?It also entails a fairer redistribution of wealth whilst avoiding the punitive levels of taxation that tainted the previous Labour governments of the 1970s.
What did the third way plan on rebalancing the relationship between?The third way also sought to rebalance the relationship between benefits and obligations with an emphasis upon benefit recipients accepting responsibility for their own behaviour.
Key quote by Giddens?“all welfare states create problems of dependency, interest-group formation and fraud.”
What does the new labour approach seem in terms of ideology?an ideologically-light approach.