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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170983903321

Autore

Little Adrian <1969->

Titolo

Post-industrial socialism : towards a new politics of welfare / / Adrian Little

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-69359-1

0-203-17180-2

1-134-69360-5

1-280-05825-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

361.65

Soggetti

Socialism

Welfare state

Social policy

Public welfare

Citizenship

Distributive justice

Basic income

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The context of post-industrial socialism; Exploring post-industrial socialism; The post-industrial socialist critique of the welfare state; Towards socialist citizenship; Left-libertarianism, autonomy and human needs; Basic income: A viable theory for post-industrial socialism?; The citizen's wage and reduced working hours; Conclusion: The future politics of welfare; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy.In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need to renew



socialist welfare theory through the evaluation of universal welfare provision and a policy of breaking the link between work and income.