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Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy
Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and SustainabilityExploring the Basic Income Guarantee
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Veröffentl.: | 03.12.2019 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783030323493 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<p>Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation. Basic income is a powerful strategy for addressing poverty gaps and growing inequality. This book provides new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to respond to implementation challenges and distributive justice. The book positions the disability dimension and disability pensions in relation to basic income to explore strategies for strengthening universal provisions. It illustrates the need for socially just conditions and adequate financing to underpin redistribution as a way of safeguarding the sustainability of basic income.</p>
<p>1. Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test.- 2. Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions.- 3. Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test.- 4. Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services.- 5. Financing a Basic Income: Explorations of International Models for Application in Australia.- 6. Disability Pensions and the Legacy of Targeting and Classification.- 7. Future Vision: Building a Sustainable Basic Income and Society.</p>
<b>Jennifer Mays</b> is Senior Lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She is recognized as an international expert on basic income and has a long history in researching, writing and advocating on basic income. She co-published the edited text <i>Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand</i> (2016).
<p>Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation. Basic income is a powerful strategy for addressing poverty gaps and growing inequality. This book provides new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to respond to implementation challenges and distributive justice. The book positions the disability dimension and disability pensions in relation to basic income to explore strategies for strengthening universal provisions. It illustrates the need for socially just conditions and adequate financing to underpin redistribution as a way of safeguarding the sustainability of basic income.</p>
Illustrates new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to redress basic income implementation challenges Examines policy synergy in basic income models and the potential role of other models such as the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme and Medicare Identifies implementation, critical mass building and financing strategies in the transition to a basic income scheme in Australia
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