Anthony Giddens

Question 1

Who is he

Answer 1

Sociologist who’s work ‘beyond left and right’ and ‘the third way: the renewal of social democracy’ set out a new stand in political thinking.

Question 2

Impact of capitalism

Answer 2

Agreed capitalism had a ‘corrosive’ impact on human nature. He believes that capitalism and individualism were established beyond change.

Question 3

Capitalism and free-market

Answer 3

He believed that capitalism and the free-market generated wealth in a way that public ownership could not. However, Neo-liberals ignored the need for social cohesion. If you combined free-market economics with social cohesion he argued you could create a new better way forward. This was needed in a modern world where the big industries had declined leaving people alienated.

Question 4

State

Answer 4

Believed the state should concentrate on public services such as education rather than economic management.

Question 5

Economic equality

Answer 5

He accepted economic inequality instead of focusing on equality of opportunity.