Creative social policy : the collective emancipation of human potential / Johannes Kananen (University Teacher of Social Policy, Department of Social Research, University of Turku, Finland).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kananen, Johannes, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Economic security.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.

Summary:

"Innovative and forward-thinking in its approach, this book advocates for the liberation of people's creative potential through the systematic transformation of work and capital. Providing a detailed account and analysis of current social policy, Johannes Kananen envisions an emancipatory societal development that prioritises fulfilling human need as opposed to the accumulation of private capital. Creative Social Policy argues that recent strands of academic social policy have contributed to economics imperialism and that practical social policy has become subordinate to the functions of capitalist production. In order to address this, Kananen makes crucial strategic proposals as a means of creating sustainable economic opportunities for all, including Universal Seed Money and Universal Basic Income. Given the instabilities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, European war, austerity, the rise of right-wing populism and the climate crisis, Kananen highlights the urgent need to challenge the existing foundations of current policy making, and advocates for both emancipatory societal development and a cycle of co-creation of social policy knowledge to build a more sustainable future. This novel approach will make essential reading for students, scholars and academics specialising in social policy, political economy, political theory and sociology. Offering a unique outlook on social policy as we understand it, this book will also be of value to professionals and policy makers working in social, economic and ecological sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Transformative social policy

2. Knowledge, economics imperialism and social policy

3. An expanded form of social policy knowledge: From social engineering to co-creation

4 creative social policy

5 the historicity of creative social policy

6. The establishment of central bank independence, fiscal austerity and a distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor

7. Creative social policy and neoclassical economics

8. The transformation of the functions of work and capital

9 creative social policy in practice: Transforming the functions of work and capital through universal basic income (ubi) and universal seed money (usm)

10 Conclusion: A new flow of money and the future of social policy

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035321407 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.