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Virtues of citizen. Dr Maurice Mullard 11 December 2009. Virtues of civic republicanism. Public and the Private commitment to involvement keeping alive the idea of the republic Deliberate democracy voter centric to talk centric Persuade and listen. VIRTUES OF LIBERALISM.
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Virtues of citizen Dr Maurice Mullard 11 December 2009
Virtues of civic republicanism • Public and the Private commitment to involvement keeping alive the idea of the republic • Deliberate democracy voter centric to talk centric • Persuade and listen
VIRTUES OF LIBERALISM • The individual and the state – protect the individual from politics • The safety of private lives • Rules and procedures • Minimalist state
The Policy Process • Market liberal virtue says social policy creates a form of dependency and therefore a loss of citizenship • Need to empower through market reforms
Republican • Income inequality promotes loss of citizenship concentration of power and elites • Need for promoting social citizenship
Should we worry about inequality • Shares of income and GDP growth sharing the fruits of prosperity • What has happened to wages household incomes • UK gini coefficient 1970s and 2009 • Explain growth in inequality
Alternatives Consumer citizen and public citizen • Consumer society safety passive the role of fear • Consumer society to be celebrated • Ills of society individual life styles • Surveillance society • Bliss and dark times