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Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy

Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer Mays

    1. Kelvin Grove Campus, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia

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  • 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

Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Political Economy, Basic Income and Disability Conceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test

      • Jennifer Mays
      Pages 3-35

    3. Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions

      • Jennifer Mays
      Pages 37-55

    4. Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test

      • Jennifer Mays
      Pages 57-102

    5. Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services

      • Jennifer Mays
      Pages 103-132

  4. Policy Implementation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Future Vision: Building a Sustainable Basic Income and Egalitarian Society

      • Jennifer Mays
      Pages 213-222

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 223-230
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kelvin Grove Campus, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia

    Jennifer Mays

About the author

Jennifer Mays 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 Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand (2016).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy

  • Book Subtitle: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability

  • Authors: Jennifer Mays

  • Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32349-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32348-6Published: 16 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32351-6Published: 16 December 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32349-3Published: 03 December 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2662-3803

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 230

  • Topics: Public Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Labor Economics

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