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anti-social behaviour conditional citizenship electoral legitimacy moral agenda neo-liberalism personal responsibility social inclusion welfare-to-workSujets proches
Worth Axiology Standard of value Social inclusion Inclusion, Social Integration, Social Obligation Accountability Moral responsibility Penology Penalties (Criminal law) Political thought Government Political theory Civil government Commonwealth, The Science, Political Administration Politics Offenders Delinquents Crime and criminals Crimes Felonies Misdemeanors Urban crime City crime Crime--Social aspects Crime and criminals Delinquency Community National citizenship Birthright citizenship Citizenship (International law) Nationality (Citizenship) Citizenship--Law and legislation Neo-liberalismCiter ce document
Emma Bell, « Excluding the Excluded : New Labour’s Penchant for Punishment », HAL-SHS : littérature, ID : 10.4000/osb.550
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New Labour’s emphasis on personal responsibility leads it to shun any definition of the socially excluded as the passive victims of socio-economic circumstances. It encourages them to act positively to re-integrate themselves into “mainstream” society by participating in welfare-to-work schemes etc. Importantly, this involves an acceptance of a certain value system as promoted by the government. Refusal to accept these values - often taken to denote membership of an underclass (increasingly used by New Labour in the negative sense employed by Charles Murray) - is interpreted as a rejection of the offer of inclusion and may attract sanctions. According to the “moral agenda”, criminals, having offended against the moral order of society by demonstrating a complete lack of responsibility, do not deserve to be included in the community. All attempts at genuine inclusion are overshadowed, as crime control becomes a means of restoring government’s moral/electoral legitimacy.