Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability - Rilegato

Mays, Jennifer

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ISBN 10: 303032348X ISBN 13: 9783030323486

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Riassunto

<p>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.</p>

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Informazioni sull?autore

<b>Jennifer Mays</b> 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 <i>Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand</i> (2016).

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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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 303032348X
• ISBN 13: 9783030323486
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 230
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