David Cameron, Citizenship and the Big Society: a New Social Model? 

David Cameron’s Big Society Programme was his flagship programme for the 2010 general election. Its main objective was to help the Conservative Party distance itself from Thatcherism, notably by bringing about change for Britain’s society. The government was to help society regenerate itself by givi...

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Main Author: Raphaële Espiet-Kilty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2016-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/796
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David Cameron, Citizenship and the Big Society: a New Social Model? 
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title David Cameron, Citizenship and the Big Society: a New Social Model? 
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