ABSTRACT
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.
Table of Contents:
Political Economy, Basic Income and Disability Conceptions
- Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test Pages 3-35
- Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions Pages 37-55
- Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test Pages 57-102
- Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services Pages 103-132
Policy Synergy
- Financing a Basic Income: Explorations of International Models for Application in Australia Pages 135-163
- Disability Pensions and the Legacy of Targeting and Classification Pages 165-210
Policy Implementation
SOURCE: Mays, Jennifer. “Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability.”
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