Duncan O'Leary
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
at 4:00pm on Friday, 9th May 2008
Demos published a new pamphlet yesterday: The Politics of Public Behaviour. It looks at the public consequences of private decisions. The aim was to ask where and when government should involve itself in people’s personal decision-making, from parenting to carbon emissions, diet, exercise, pensions savings, gambling and organ donorship. It seems on all this issues and more the public/private boundary is becoming blurred.
Have a read here anyway – there is an extended Demos essay as an introduction and conclusion, as well as essays from:
You might find the comparisons between the three interesting.
I’ve also written a couple of articles elsewhere:
Have a read here anyway – there is an extended Demos essay as an introduction and conclusion, as well as essays from:
- Andy Burnham MP: ‘The Common Good’
- Andrew Lansley MP: ‘Realising Choice’
- Chris Huhne MP: ‘A Liberal Approach’
You might find the comparisons between the three interesting.
I’ve also written a couple of articles elsewhere:
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