Basic income on the agenda : policy objectives and political chances / edited by Robert van der Veen and Loek Groot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veen, Robbert-Jan, Author.

Contributor:

Veen, Robert van der, editor.

Groot, L. F. M. (Lucas Franciscus Michaël), 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimum wage--Europe.

Minimum wage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Persisting unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, labour market flexibility, job insecurity and higher wage inequality, changing patterns of work and family life are among the factors that exert pressure on welfare states in Europe. This book explores the potential of an unconditional basic income, without means test or work requirement, to meet the challenges posed by the new social question, compared to policies of subsidized insertion in work. It also assesses the political chances of basic income in various European countries. These themes are highly relevant to policy-makers in the field of labour markets and social security, economists, political philosophers, and a social science audience in general.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Preface / Soininvaara, Osmo

Acknowledgements

How Attractive is a Basic Income for European Welfare States? / Groot, Loek / Veen, Robert van der

Part One. Policy Objectives

In Search of the Double-Edged Sword / Beer, Paul de

Basic Income and its Cognates: Partial Basic Income versus Earned Income Tax Credit and Reductions of Social Security Contributions as Alternative Ways of Addressing the 'New Social Question' / Parijs, Philippe Van / Jacquet, Laurence / Salinas, Claudio Caesar

Activation and the Burden of Working: On Instrument Choice by a Responsibility-Sensitive Egalitarian Government / Vandenbroucke, Frank / Puyenbroeck, Tom Van

Arguing for a Negative Income Tax in Germany / Mitschke, Joachim

Hush Money or Emancipation Fee? A Gender Analysis of Basic Income / Robeyns, Ingrid

Prospects for Basic Income in an Age of Inactivity? / Hemerijck, Anton

Basic Income and Social Europe / Scharpf, Fritz W.

Basic Income at the Heart of Social Europe? Reply to Fritz Scharpf / Parijs, Philippe Van

European Basic Income or the Race to the Bottom: Why Politicians Might Come to Think the Unthinkable / Quilley, Steve

Bibliography

Part Two Political Chances

Clues and Leads in the Debate on Basic Income in the Netherlands / Groot, Loek / Veen, Robert van der

The History of an Idea: Why did Basic Income Thrill the Finns, but not the Swedes? / Andersson, Jan-Otto

From Concept to Green Paper: Putting Basic Income on the Agenda in Ireland / Healy, Sean / Reynolds, Brigid

Short Cuts and Wrong Tracks on the Long March to Basic Income: Debating Social Policy Reform in Germany / Lessenich, Stephan

Ups and Downs of Basic Income in Denmark / Christensen, Erik / Loftager, Jørn

What Reforms are Needed for the Minimum Insertion Income (RMI) in France? / Euzéby, Chantal

The VIVANT Experiment in Belgium / Vanderborght, Yannick

Notes on the Contributors

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69140-4

1-04-079486-6

1-280-95871-5

9786610958719

90-485-0502-X

0-585-49640-4

9781003691402

OCLC:

232190127