A Research Of New Labour Party's Community Policy In Britain

In 1997,Tony Blair,the leader of the Labour Party,defeated the Conservative Party in the British general election,won the election and re-entered the political arena after 18 years of absence.The long-standing opposition Labour Party regards this return as a turning point of political career fate.In order to reverse the trend of political decadence,Blair proposed to renew the political concept of the Labour Party,reform the old administrative program,and go out of the "third way" in politics which is different from the past.New Labour's Community Policy is an important aspect of its reform,which reflects New Labour's political philosophy.Before the New Labour Party came to power,Britain experienced many years of Privatization Policies by Thatcher and Major governments,and achieved new economic development.However,local poverty,unemployment and other related social problems became serious and the gap between rich and poor widened.Accordingly,the New Labour Government has taken Community Policy as one of the solutions to social ills.By examining the Community Policies of previous governments,the New Labour Government has improved and formulated new community policies in line with the times.The Community Policy of New Labour Party government includes three aspects: Urban Community policy,Market Town Community Policy and Rural Community Policy.Its Urban Community Policy focuses on resolving the urban crisis in the UK,aiming at bringing about the regeneration of British cities.New Labour Government's Market Town Community Policy shows new characteristics and directions different from the previous community policy.Some people think that the smaller the city is,the stronger the sense of community and the higher the degree of citizen participation.The population of small towns is large enough and dense enough to mobilize well.Therefore,the New Labour Party attaches great importance to the role of market towns,regards them as the key place of community regeneration strategy,and puts forward the plan of "Market Towns Initiative".The Market Towns Community Policy not only covers the regeneration of the region,but also emphasizes that the market town promotes the development of the surrounding areas.The rural community in Britain has always been the focus of government policy.The New Labour Party Government proposed the policy of rebuilding rural community.On this basis,it launched the "Rural Strategy" to build a new rural community with sustainable economic development,ecological livability,community protection and vitality.The commonalities of Urban Community Policy,Market Towns Community Policy and Rural Community Policy lie in combating social exclusion,establishing extensive,multi-faceted,multi-field and different levels of local strategic partnership to solve social ills.The New Labour Government regards "community" as a good medicine to solve social diseases,attaches importance to the role of "community" and emphasizes the full play of the role of community in solving social problems.In the process of implementing community policy,the value orientation of community participation and social equity is more emphasized.The government encourages and helps community residents to participate in community activities effectively through the bottom-up mode of operation,actively guides the third sector to participate in social affairs extensively,makes up for the shortcomings of the state and market,and helps coordinate local community organizations,local administrations and professional opportunities.Institutions and commercial organizations cooperate with each other to build partnerships and solve social problems by relying on the community itself.This paper discusses the background of the British Community Policy firstly,with social issues as the guide,elaborates the reasons for the New Labour Party's Community Policy,and briefly combs the development process of British Community Policy in the process of discussion.Chapter two discusses the various ideas and concepts contained in the New Labour Party's Community Policy separately,and illustrates the conformity of the concepts and ideas in the process of Community Policy development with the New Labour Party's political concepts.Through the third and fourth chapters and the fifth chapters,the specific content of the New Labour Party's Community Policy is elaborated in detail and concretely,including the New Labour Party's Urban Community Policy,Market Towns community policy and Rural Community Policy.Through the analysis of the concrete practice of the New Labour Party's Community Policy,this paper explains the controversial issues in the New Labour Party's Community Policy,and evaluates the New Labour Party's Community Policy.Finally,a brief analysis of British Community Policy and the future development of today's British community is given.In generally,the Community Policy of New Labour Party has made outstanding achievements in improving the economic development level of backward communities,promoting urban renewal and regeneration,reducing social poverty and improving public service construction.The introduction and operation of NewLabour's Community Policy shows that the development of British cities and regions has abandoned the original mode of competition and development,emphasizing cooperation and community.This also constitutes the greatest feature of New Labour's Community Policy in Britain.