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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255307803321

Autore

Beechey Susanne N

Titolo

Social Security and the Politics of Deservingness [[electronic resource] /] / by Susanne N. Beechey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-349-91891-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

368.4300973

Soggetti

Public policy

United States—Politics and government

Social service 

Public Policy

US Politics

Social Care

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social Security Policy today -- The politics of deservingness -- My family member as the deserving face of Social Security -- Challenging the politics of deservingness -- Social Security tomorrow.

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to understand the politics of deservingness for future Social Security reforms through an interpretive policy analysis of the 2005 Social Security privatization debates.  What does it mean for politics and policymaking that Social Security recipients are widely viewed as deserving of the benefits they receive? In the 2005 privatization debates, Congress framed Social Security in exclusively positive terms, often in opposition to welfare, and imagined their own beloved family members as recipients. Advocates for private accounts sought to navigate the politics of deservingness by dividing the “we” of social insurance to a “me” of private investment and a “them” of individual rate of return in order to justify the introduction of private accounts into Social Security. Fiscal stress on the program will likely bring Social Security to the policy agenda soon. Understanding the politics of deservingness will be central to navigating those debates.



Susanne N. Beechey is Assistant Professor of Politics, Whitman College, USA.