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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338025103321

Autore

Wehner Burkhard

Titolo

Universal Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy : Towards a Citizens’ Stipend in a New Political Order / / by Burkhard Wehner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-05828-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 61 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Political Science, , 2191-5466

Disciplina

321.8

339.2

Soggetti

Democracy

Welfare state

Social policy

Welfare economics

Politics of the Welfare State

Social Policy

Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Basic Income: A Project for Generations -- A Long-Term Vision -- Basic Income in Other Policy Areas -- Common Objections to Basic Income -- The Role of Pilot Studies -- Basic Income, Demographic Structure and the Size of the State -- Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy -- Project for the 22nd Century? -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

How, where and when can a universal basic income be put into political practice? This book discusses these questions by analyzing the political logic of a basic income and its controversial political and scientific implications. The author studies the institutions, rules, and decision-making processes of conventional democracies to reveal an institutional framework in which a universal basic income for all citizens could eventually become politically viable. The work addresses a broad range of topics, such as nationwide experiments with a basic income, voters’ support for the idea, and the effects of a basic income



on business cycles and demographic policies. As such, it will appeal to anyone interested in the preconditions and implications of introducing a universal basic income.