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Anthony Giddens — ink portrait
§ The minds · b. 1938 · United Kingdom · Sociologist

Anthony Giddens

The Third Way's theorist

Beyond left and right.

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Governance+20
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Social+38
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The sociologist whose book 'The Third Way' gave Blair and Clinton their intellectual framework — a renewal of social democracy 'beyond left and right' for a globalised age.

social

Progressive moderniser of social democracy.

economic

Market dynamism harnessed to social investment and inclusion.

governance

An enabling, modernising state for a globalised world.

Notable for
  • 'The Third Way' (1998)
  • Theory of structuration
  • Adviser to New Labour
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§ The minds nearest Giddens
Josiah Bartlet's centrists (archetype)
Josiah Bartlet's centrists (archetype)
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Tony Blair
Tony Blair
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Paul Keating
Paul Keating
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Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi
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Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
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Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
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