Basic Income Guarantee and Politics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Hopes and Realities of Adopting Unconditional Basic Income Guarantee Schemes

      • Richard K. Caputo

      Pages 3-16

   3. On the Political Feasibility of Universal Basic Income: An Analytic Framework

      • Jurgen De Wispelaere, José Antonio Noguera

      Pages 17-38

3. Hopes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The Best Income Transfer Program for Modern Economies

      • Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy

      Pages 41-53

   3. An Anniversary Note — BIEN’s Twenty-fifth

      • Guy Standing

      Pages 55-60

4. Realities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. European Union Countries

      1. Finland: Institutional Resistance of the Welfare State against a Basic Income

         • Markku Ikkala

         Pages 63-81

      2. Germany: Far, though Close — Problems and Prospects of BI in Germany

         • Sascha Liebermann

         Pages 83-106

      3. Ireland: Pathways to a Basic Income in Ireland

         • Sean Healy, Brigid Reynolds

         Pages 107-124

      4. The Netherlands: Final Piece of the Welfare State Is Still to Come

         • Michiel van Hasslet

         Pages 125-134

      5. Kingdom of Spain: Basic Income from Social Movements to Parliament and Back Again

         • Daniel Raventós, Julie Wark, David Casassas

         Pages 135-149

   3. Other OECD Countries

      1. Australia: Will Basic Income Have a Second Coming?

         • John Tomlinson

         Pages 153-175

      2. Canada: A Guaranteed Income Framework to Address Poverty and Inequality?

         • James P. Mulvale, Yannick Vanderborght

         Pages 177-201

      3. Japan: Political Change after the Economic Crisis Introduces Universalist Benefit

         • Toru Yamamori

         Pages 203-216

      4. Mexico: The First Steps toward Basic Income

         • Pablo Yanes

         Pages 217-233

      5. The United Kingdom: Only for Children?

         • Malcolm Torry

         Pages 235-263

      6. United States of America: GAI Almost in the 1970s but Downhill Thereafter

         • Richard K. Caputo

         Pages 265-281

   4. Other Countries

      1. Iran: A Bumpy Road toward Basic Income

         • Hamid Tabatabai

         Pages 285-300

This exciting and timely collection brings together international and national scholars and advocates to provide historical overviews of efforts to pass basic income guarantee legislation in their respective countries and/or across regions of the globe. 

• business intelligence (BI)
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• inequality
• poverty
• USA
• welfare
• Welfare State

"This book integrates careful research, political theory and practical insights in a way that no other volume on the idea of a basic income guarantee has yet done. Through engaging and thoughtful presentation of wide ranging national case studies, readers will learn a great deal about the global state of play. In an age of growing economic insecurity, the book provides a timely reminder of the possibilities income guarantee schemes offer for improving social wellbeing." - Greg Marston, professor of Social Policy, QUT University, Australia

Jurgen De Wispelaere José Antonio Noguera Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy Guy Standing Markku Ikkala Sascha Liebermann Seán Healy Brigid Reynolds Michiel van Hasslet Daniel Raventós Julie Wark David Casassas John Tomlinson James P. Mulvale Yannick Vanderborght Toru Yamamori Pablo Yanes Malcolm Torry Hamid Tabatabai

Policies and ethics