Anthony Giddens

Question 1

Human nature

Answer 1

human nature has been shaped by changing socio-economic conditions - the pro-fairness instict is still present, but it now competes with a sharpened sense of individual aspiration

Question 2

state

Answer 2

the exitisting liberal state should be improved, redistributing and decentralising political power while encouraging greater political participation

Question 3

society

Answer 3

society has undergone embourgeoisement - egalitarians must harness, rather then deny, these forces

Question 4

economy

Answer 4

a neo-liberal economy, propelled by privatisation and deregulation, will provide huge tax yields - this will finance huge increases to public spending, which will secure greater equality of opportunity