The Big Society in Question

Event Date: 3 November 2011

Council Room

Birkbeck Main Building

 Birkbeck, University of London 

Malet Street London WC1E 7HX

The Centre for the study of British Politics and Public Life

presents:

The Big Society in Question

The idea of the ‘Big Society’ is at the centre of the Coalition’s reform agenda. In this debate, Maurice Glasman and Jesse Norman will discuss the historical antecedents of the idea, the current reforms taking place under its name, and the likelihood of its success or failure.

Participants

Maurice Glasman is a Labour Peer and Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University. He is credited with the invention of the term ‘Blue Labour’.
Jesse Norman is a Conservative MP and author of ‘The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics’ (University of Buckingham Press, 2010).

Chair: Jason Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London)

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Event hosted by Political Quarterly and the Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life, Birkbeck, University of London.

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