Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy

Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-32351-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

Reihe: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee

Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation. Basic income is a powerful strategy for addressing poverty gaps and growing inequality. This book provides new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to respond to implementation challenges and distributive justice. The book positions the disability dimension and disability pensions in relation to basic income to explore strategies for strengthening universal provisions. It illustrates the need for socially just conditions and adequate financing to underpin redistribution as a way of safeguarding the sustainability of basic income.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mays, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test.- 2. Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions.- 3. Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test.- 4. Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services.- 5. Financing a Basic Income: Explorations of International Models for Application in Australia.- 6. Disability Pensions and the Legacy of Targeting and Classification.- 7. Future Vision: Building a Sustainable Basic Income and Society.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Mays is Senior Lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She is recognized as an international expert on basic income and has a long history in researching, writing and advocating on basic income. She co-published the edited text Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand (2016).