Universal basic income in historical perspective

Universal basic income in historical perspective / Peter Sloman, Daniel Zamora Vargas, Pedro Ramos Pinto, editors.

This new edited collection brings together historians and social scientists to engage with the global history of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and offer historically-rich perspectives on contemporary debates about the future of work. In particular, the book goes beyond a genealogy of a seemingly utop...

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Other Authors: Sloman, Peter, 1986- (Editor), Zamora, Daniel (Sociologist) (Editor), Ramos Pinto, Pedro (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Subjects:
Basic income > History.
Public welfare.
welfare services.
Basic income
Public welfare
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; Peter Sloman, Daniel Zamora Vargas and Pedro Ramos Pinto
  • Part I. Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: The Rise of Basic Income in Britain and the United States
  • 2. Basic Income as Technocratic Liberalism: Framing a Policy Idea in Twentieth-century Britain; Peter Sloman
  • 3. Basic Income in the United States, 1940-1972: How the 'Fiscal Revolution' Reshaped Social Policy; Daniel Zamora Vargas
  • 4. American Cybernation: Technological Upheaval and Guaranteed Income Advocacy in 1960s USA; Andrew V. Sanchez
  • 5. The Other Side of Abundance: Feminist and Ecological Arguments for Guaranteed Income in the United States, c. 1960-1980; Alyssa Battistoni
  • Part II. Basic Income and the Politics of Work in Post-industrial Europe
  • 6. 'Free of our labours and joined back to nature': Basic Income and the Politics of Post-work in France and the Low Countries, c. 1968-1986; Anton Jager
  • 7. Activating the Unemployed or Liberating the Employed? Universal Basic Income in the French Welfare Reform Debate; Marc-Antonie Sabate
  • 8. From Second Cheque Strategy to Basic Income: Why did Andre Gorz Change his Mind?; Walter Van Trier
  • Part III. Global Perspectives
  • 9. Basic Needs and the Discovery of Global Poverty; Samuel Moyn
  • 10. Jobs or Income Guarantees? The Politics of Universal Basic Income and Cash Transfers in Southern Africa; E. Fouksman
  • 11. From Freedom to Finance: How Development Conditions and Paradigms Frame the Basic Income Debate; Louise Haagh
  • 12. Philippe Van Parijs on the History of Basic Income: An Interview; Daniel Zamora Vargas.

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