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WELL-BEING (SOCIETY) > BIG SOCIETY (POLICY)

Preferred term

BIG SOCIETY (POLICY)  

Definition

  • THE 'BIG SOCIETY' WAS THE FLAGSHIP POLICY IDEA OF THE 2010 UK CONSERVATIVE PARTY GENERAL ELECTION MANIFESTO. IT THEN FORMED PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME OF THE CONSERVATIVE-LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COALITION AGREEMENT. THE STATED AIM IS TO CREATE A CLIMATE THAT EMPOWERS LOCAL PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES, BUILDING A 'BIG SOCIETY' THAT WILL TAKE POWER AWAY FROM POLITICIANS AND GIVE IT TO PEOPLE.

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History note

  • TERM CREATED SEPTEMBER 2012. PREVIOUSLY THE TERMS 'CITIZENSHIP', 'CITIZEN PARTICIPATION' AND/OR 'GOVERNMENT POLICY' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

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Definition source

  • WIKIPEDIA/DOWNING STREET WEBSITE

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https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/20dbda9b-5d26-4aa9-9afc-dbdbbed44f01

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