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Big Society

Not to be confused with Great Society.
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The Big Society was a sociopolitical concept[1] of the first 15 years of the 21st century, developed by the populist Steve Hilton,[2] that sought to integrate free market economics with a conservative paternalist conception of the social contract[3] that was influenced by the 1990s civic conservatism of David Willetts.[4] The Big Society influenced the 2010 UK Conservative Party general election manifesto and the legislative programme of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement.[5][6] The relevant policy areas were devolved in Northern Ireland, in Scotland and in Wales, to, respectively, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.

British PM David Cameron, and subsequent British Governments, declined to publicly use the term "Big Society" after 2013.[7] The Big Society Network was dissolved in 2014[8] and the unfavourable conclusive Big Society audit, by Civil Exchange, was published in January 2015.[9]

  1. ^ Matthew Scott (2011). "Reflections on 'The Big Society'". Community Development Journal. 46 (1). Oxford Journals: 132–137. doi:10.1093/cdj/bsq057.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference VAHS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Alan Walker and Steve Corbett (8 March 2013). "The 'Big Society', neoliberalism and the rediscovery of the 'social' in Britain". Sheffield Political Economy research Institute. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ^ Andrew Heywood (2011). "The Big Society: Conservatism Reinvented?". Politics Cymru. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Cameron and Clegg set out 'big society' policy ideas". BBC News. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Government launches "Big Society" programme". 10 Downing Street website. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  7. ^ Patrick Butler (20 January 2015). "Why the 'big society' is now just a hashtag for coalition hypocrisy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ignored was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Whose Society? The Final Big Society Audit" (PDF). Civil Exchange. January 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

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