This article critiques equality regulation within neoliberal policy regimes and suggests an alternative. We argue that, globally, neoliberal regimes exacerbate social divisions by individualising responsibilities for addressing inequalities. Consequentially, a new policy direction for equality regulation is required. Using the UK economy as an exemplar, we make the case for relational responsibilisation, which involves raising awareness of workplace inequalities on an international basis; attributing responsibility for inequalities onto specific socioeconomic causes and institutions; and systematically developing policies and practices that extend accountability for and ameliorate the negative consequences of workplace inequalities. Theoretically, Bourdieusian social critique and realist sociological imagination are used to conceive responsibilisation in relational terms and to imagine a policy agenda that might make societies more responsible for tackling the forms of inequality they produce. Our overall argument is for the creation of a new equality, diversity and inclusion-aware form of social democracy.

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21 世纪的关系责任和多元化管理：重构平等监管的案例

本文批评了新自由主义政策体制内的平等监管，并提出了替代方案。我们认为，在全球范围内，新自由主义政权通过将解决不平等问题的责任个人化来加剧社会分裂。因此，需要一个新的平等监管政策方向。我们以英国经济为例，阐述关系责任，其中包括在国际范围内提高对工作场所不平等的认识；将不平等的责任归咎于特定的社会经济原因和制度；系统地制定政策和做法，扩大对工作场所不平等的责任并减轻其负面影响。从理论上讲，布迪厄的社会批判和现实主义社会学想象力被用来从关系的角度来构想责任，并想象一个政策议程，该议程可能使社会对解决其产生的各种形式的不平等承担更大的责任。我们的总体论点是创建一种新的平等、多样性和包容意识的社会民主形式。