Analysis Of Gidderis’s" Third Way" And Practical Value Of The Theory

The rise of the "Third Way" is the global order change product of the internationalcommunity’s response, which have broad implications at the1990s in Europe and theUnited States."Third Way" is a left-wing parties in Western Europe (Major is SocialDemocratic Party) and the Democratic Party of the United States is in order to solveWestern society that faces variety of social crisis, political crisis, economic crisis andthe systematic theory and policy,"Third Way" is also the contention of the parties ofthe world phase imitate the ideological and theoretical and policy framework. Thebasic value orientation is to be achieved between liberal capitalism and traditionalsocial democracy compromises and trade-offs, that is beyond third option of thetraditional opposition of the "Left" and "Right", the "Third Way" and through theideological and theoretical theory, policy framework and institutional innovation in thecapitalist system within the framework of Western society will display a new creativevitality. The Blairism practice is a typical expression of the "Third Way", after Blair’sruling, he put forward about economic and social development of the "Third Way" newideas, commitment to public service reform, economic development, promote socialjustice. On the economic front, the Blair government has taken series of measures tomake the British economy has maintained sustained and stable growth, theunemployment rate and the inflation rate at a low level. In politics, he was promotingdecentralization, straighten out the relationship between central and local governments,and the theory of the "Third Way" is proposed as Blair spiritual mentor Dean of theLondon School of Economics, Anthony Giddens own characteristics theory and policyadvocates."Beyond The left and The right" by Giddens’ s "Third Way" theory that hasgreatly influenced the debate on social democracy, or even that his theory of the "ThirdWay" to achieve the regeneration of social democratic theory. Formulation of thetheory of the "Third Way", said to be in the theoretical academic and social partieshave set off a firestorm, to some extent, the trends of the Western social system. How to achieve the values and ideals of socialism, the "Third Way" theory put forward eightmain propositions involving all aspects of the community to continue to develop,which are:1. Reshape the concept of the nation-state, advocate to actively respond toglobalization, strengthen to cooperation between countries, pay attention to theadjustment of the structure of global governance, and against the negative point ofview to face the problem;2. Building "life politics", pay attention to the rise ofpolitical life, and fade and get rid of emancipatory politics. That the Social Democratspursues the traditional class liberation as the goal of emancipatory politics that hasalready be inopportune or inappropriate. Emancipatory politics pays more attention toformal political system’s meaning and value, that is not associated with life policiesincluded, so the Social Democrats lost on appeal of voters. Emancipatory politics isconcerned about the life chances and life politics is concerned with life choices. Lifepolitics is the lifestyle politics that is about the people in the end how to live and howto choose the political, which must be added in the traditional leftist liberation ofpolitical life and political content. Life decisions reflect society in the end how torebuild the reflection in the end how to deal with ecological problems, the issue ofglobalization, labor liberation, autonomy of life issues, and so on;3. Democratizationof the democratic system,"Third Way" concept of democracy, emphasizing thedialogue of democracy and emotional democracy on the basis of the democratizationof the Western democratic system, which changes the condition of the people do nottrust politicians;4. Building trust-based initiative political strengthen and improvingand improving and strengthening social, national and market. Building trust-basedinitiative political, to overcome erroneous ideas;5.Reforming the welfare systemcountries, the establishment of an investment-oriented country. Many of thedemocratic socialism through the use of high deficits, high taxes to achieve theimplementation of "from the cradle to grave" welfare policies lead to inefficiency, theobvious contradiction between fairness and efficiency, that is impracticable, Giddensinsists on continuing to keep the welfare state Based on the characteristics of thewelfare state reform, the establishment of an active welfare state and the welfare stateSocial Investment countries, which to achieve equality of educational and trainingopportunities and according to the skills development to replace the redistribution. Theeducation and training should get the priority. The education and investment of trainingas redistribution of the foundation and opportunity to eliminate factual inequality and poverty;6. Eliminate violence, Giddens think, in the current political theory and sociallife, the violence problem is very prominent, the social development must take activemeasures to eliminate violence, whether it is domestic violence, violence, or in theinternational community to eliminate violence;7. Cultivating active civil society,advocates continue to reinforce the organic connection between citizen andgovernment, and form a good partnership. It is the only way to achieve social benigninteraction and stable development;8. The repair and reconstruction of socialsolidarity, the widely exist strong individualistic mood, which seriously affect thesocial solidarity. Theory advocates social solidarity that is selectively repair andreconstruction, to set the relationship between the individual and group.The innovation in the theory and practice of the "Third Way", but there are a lot ofdrawbacks, its social value and limitations of development co-exist."Third Way"content is very rich, mainly to adapt to the changing times on the basis of politicalreforms and adjustments and new understanding of market relations and government tostrengthen in the new economic conditions, on this basis, a wide range of social,political and economic reform, institutional innovation and so on. The two mainlimitations of the "Third Way" theory are: First, Giddens’s "Third Way" itself does nothave a systematic and careful theoretical support, which greatly weakened thedemocratic socialist theory and policy impact force. Secondly, the "Third Way" just"Left" and "Right" theory of compromise and compromise, not a thorough critique ofthe theory and practice of innovation.Giddens is in order to the serious social political, economic crisis, the reality ofthe capitalist system in the United Kingdom and deficiencies in the system of Britishsociety, and who put forward the systematic theory and policy advocates. Giddens’s"Third Way" theory and ideas greatly influenced the British Labour Party, to promotethe evolution of the British Labour Party. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in1997to2007, advocated and personally the "Third Way" to solve the plight of theBritish, Tony Blair’s ruling decades, committed to public service reform, economicdevelopment, promote social justice. On the economic front, the Blair government hastaken series of measures to make the British economy has maintained sustained andstable growth, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate at a low level. In politics,he promoted the decentralization of political power, straighten out the relationshipbetween central and local governments, all of these benefits are their spiritual mentor Giddens’ thought, so Giddens is seen as Blair’s spiritual mentor is in line with theactual judgment.The "Third Way" theory is also the New foundation of the ideologicalof Labour Party. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to power, which hasbeen committed to the party building and national economic development to achievethe unprecedented social effects on the European continent that generated a very bigimpact. Even since the2008U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis triggered by the globaleconomic crisis, Europe been affected and the sovereign debt crisis, and to get therelatively small impact that are the United Kingdom and Germany, which are theearlier practice of the "Third Way". Germany Democrat Prime Minister GerhardSchroeder and Blair are the same time to announce that politicians go "Third Way",which is also thought by Giddens.In brief, the "Third Way" by their own shortcomings limit from the socialdevelopment situation, did not play its due role of theory, but its practical significanceat indelible social improvement practice in Western countries created the significanceof the times.