The political atmosphere of the late 1990s is shaped
by the pursuit of a new basis for social solidarity
to be consistent with the market. With its main idea
on the complementarity of state, market and civil
society and its model of citizen both as a market
actor and a responsible member of communities; the
Third Way has achieved to be the response to that
pursuit. Whether the term "third way" is used or not,
its main principles have gained hegemonic position on
the world scale. In this sense, the Third Way has not
only become the main model for the social democratic
parties to adopt a more...