1. The Third Way Alternative to Right and Left?

2. Old Left and New Right

3. Basis of welfare state n Social system based on traditional family norm n Mass production with stable work environment n Elitist state for social planning n Stable national economy

4. Erosion of the basis n National economies intruded by the globalising economy n Mass production replaced by flexible production n Weakening of social solidarity and family norm n New social movement challenging state authority n State as limited liability

5. Problems of the New Right n Market failure and ….. n Increasing inequality n Rising unemployment n Promoting individualism and weakening of social solidarity n Lost of human value by market competition

6. ‘Third Way’ Values n Equality n Protection of the vulnerable n Freedom as autonomy n No rights without responsibilities n No authority without democracy n Cosmopolitan pluralism n Philosophic conservatism

7. State without enemies n Double democracy (downward and upward) n Decentralisation n Greater transparency and openness n Increase administrative efficiency n Increase citizen-government communication n Risk management

8. Renewal of civil society …. Civic decline n Government and civil society as partnership n Supporting local initiatives n Involvement of Third Sector … and families

9. Democratic family n Equality between sexes n Family life - solidarity and individual choice n Mutual respect n Decision making through communication n Obligation of children to parents n Co-parenting n Socially integrated families

10. Inclusive society n Promoting equality as inclusion n Limited meritocracy n Beyond work society n Positive welfare n Social investment state

11. Global Age n Global identity n Cultural pluralism n Global democracy n Management of the market in global scale