The Politics Of Minimum Income

Author : Marcello Natili
Publisher : Springer
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319962115

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The Politics of Minimum Income by Marcello Natili Pdf

Minimum income schemes (MIS) have become key social protection institutions for European citizens, but we know little regarding the logic and dynamics of institutional change in this policy field. This book provides an analytical model that will facilitate an understanding of the scope and direction of recent reforms, offering insight into the conditions under which minimum income schemes are introduced, expanded or retrenched. Natili presents a comparative analysis of policy trajectories of minimum income schemes in Italy and Spain between the mid-1980s and 2015. Although these two countries had similar points of departure, and faced comparable functional pressures and institutional constraints, they experienced remarkably different developments in this policy field in the last two decades. This comparative analysis provides empirical evidence of the impacts of different types of credit-claiming dynamics resulting from the interaction of socio-political demand with political supply. The Politics of Minimum Income also assesses the reform processes both in countries that have introduced MIS in the age of austerity (such as Portugal) and in countries that have retrenched them (Austria and Denmark).

Author : Richard K. Caputo,Larry Liu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030439040

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Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee by Richard K. Caputo,Larry Liu Pdf

This edited volume brings together international and national scholars and major activists leading or spearheading basic income guarantee political initiatives in their respective countries. Contributing authors address specific issues about major efforts to influence public policy regarding basic income guarantee, such as: who were the main advocates and thought leaders involved in support of such legislative initiatives; what were the main organizational and framing strategies and tactics used to influence public opinion and elected officials to support the idea of and policies related to basic income guarantee; what were the major obstacles they faced; and what practical and theoretical lessons might be learned from past and contemporary actions to affect social policy change regarding basic income guarantee and related measures to guide the efforts of activists and public intellectuals in the 2020 and 2024 election cycles.

Author : Jerold L. Waltman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252025458

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The Politics of the Minimum Wage by Jerold L. Waltman Pdf

The minimum wage as a value of civic republicanism The minimum wage appears to be a standard economic regulatory measure, yet a politics of symbolism more than anything else defines the political contests that periodically erupt over it. Detractors abhor its corruption of market principles, while supporters see it as a measure of society's symbolic commitment to the poor. Tracing the history of the minimum wage and exposing its inherent contradictions as a political issue, Jerold Waltman proposes an alternative to the economic arguments that now dominate debates over it. Citing overwhelming public support for the minimum wage as evidence of an enduring civic consciousness and humanitarianism, Waltman advocates recasting the discussion in terms of a political economy of citizenship. Such a perspective would focus on the communal value of work, the need for citizens to have a stake in the community, and the effects of economic inequality on the bonds of common citizenship. Positioning the minimum wage as a fulcrum for the most basic conflict underlying America's unique combination of democracy and a market economy, The Politics of the Minimum Wage shows how a defense of the minimum wage built on a communal sense of responsibility rests on a strong tradition of civic republicanism and strengthens the hope for a truly democratic society.

Author : Wendy V. Cunningham
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821370124

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Minimum Wages and Social Policy by Wendy V. Cunningham Pdf

Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and homogenized statistics across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of the minimum wage on wages, employment, poverty, income distribution and government budgets in the context of a large informal sector and predominantly unskilled workforces.

Author : Jamie Swift,Elaine Power
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771135481

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The Case for Basic Income by Jamie Swift,Elaine Power Pdf

Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious labour, stagnant wages, a climate crisis, and the steady creep of automation—an ever-louder chorus of voices calls for a liveable and obligation-free basic income. Could a basic income guarantee be the way forward to democratize security and intervene where the market economy and social programs fail? Jamie Swift and Elaine Power scrutinize the politics and the potential behind a radical proposal in a post-pandemic world: that wealth should be built by a society, not individuals. And that we all have an unconditional right to a fair share. In these pages, Swift and Power bring to the forefront the deeply personal stories of Canadians who participated in the 2017–2019 Ontario Basic Income Pilot; examine the essential literature and history behind the movement; and answer basic income’s critics from both the right and left.

Author : Oren M. Levin-Waldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315498041

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The Political Economy of the Living Wage: A Study of Four Cities by Oren M. Levin-Waldman Pdf

This book examines the movement for living wages at the local level and what it tells us about urban politics. Oren M. Levin-Waldman studies the role that living wage campaigns may have had in recent years in altering the political landscape in four cities where they have been adopted: Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, and New Orleans. It is the author's belief that the living wage movements are a result of policy failure at the local level. They are the by-product of the failure to adequately address the changes that were occurring, mainly the changing urban economic base and growing income inequality. The author undertakes a scholarly analysis of the issue through the disciplinary lenses of political science while also employing some of the economists' tools.

Author : Irene Dingeldey,Damian Grimshaw,Thorsten Schulten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429688362

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Minimum Wage Regimes by Irene Dingeldey,Damian Grimshaw,Thorsten Schulten Pdf

This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors’ strategies in the field of minimum wage policies. It asks which strategies and motives, namely free collective bargaining, fair pay and/or minimum income protection, are emphasised by social actors with respect to the regulation and adaptation of (statutory) minimum wages. Taking an actor-centered institutionalist approach, and employing cross-country comparative studies, sector studies and single country accounts of change, the book relates institutional and labour market settings, actors’ strategies and power resources with policy and practice outcomes. Looking at the key pay equity indicators of low wage development and women’s over-representation among the low paid, it illuminates our understandings about the importance of historical junctures, specific constellations of social actors, and sector- and country-specific actor strategies. Finally, it underlines the important role of social dialogue in shaping an effective minimum wage policy. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and policy-makers and practitioners in industrial relations, international human resource management, labour studies, labour market policy, inequality studies, trade union studies, European politics and political economy.

Author : E. G. West,Michael McKee,Economic Council of Canada,Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : Economic Council of Canada and the Institute for Research on Public Policy
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015035026932

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Minimum Wages by E. G. West,Michael McKee,Economic Council of Canada,Institute for Research on Public Policy Pdf

Monograph on minimum wages, with special reference to Canada - covers trends since 1965 concerning local level wage structure and wage determination, and deals with economic theory issues regarding employment, unemployment, income distribution and prices, effectiveness as an anti-poverty and income redistribution tool, and its preference to negative income tax. Bibliography pp. 111 to 119 and statistical tables.

Author : Downes, Amy,Lansley, Stewart
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447343929

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It's Basic Income by Downes, Amy,Lansley, Stewart Pdf

Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to an increasingly precarious job landscape? Could it bring greater financial freedom for women, tackle the issue of unpaid but essential work, cut poverty and promote greater choice? Or is it a dead-end utopian ideal that distracts from more practical and cost-effective solutions? Contributors from musician Brian Eno, think tank Demos Helsinki, innovators such as California’s Y Combinator Research and prominent academics such as Peter Beresford OBE offer a variety of perspectives from across the globe on the politics and feasibility of basic income. Sharing research and insights from a variety of nations – including India, Finland, Uganda, Brazil and Canada - the collection provides a comprehensive guide to the impact this innovative idea could have on work, welfare and inequality in the 21st century.

Author : Sarah Marchal,Ive Marx
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192699374

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Zero Poverty Society by Sarah Marchal,Ive Marx Pdf

The notion that every person living amidst the relative affluence of the rich world has a right to a minimum income enabling social participation, be it frugally and soberly, holds as a fundamental matter of social justice to most people. But how can we make sure that every person has a decent minimum income allowing for a life with dignity in societies rich enough to afford such a right? How can we ensure that minimum income support is cost-effective and compatible with other goals such as promoting work effort, self-reliance, and upward mobility? How can political support for such schemes be fostered and made robust? Zero Poverty Society assesses the current state of minimum income protection in the rich world, building on original empirical analysis. It also engages with debates on topics as diverse as optimal targeting and means-testing, administrative complexity, non-take-up, behavioural economics, the political economy of minimum income protection, and basic income. Marchal and Marx conclude that more adequate poverty prevention is possible, without the costs having to be prohibitive. However, they are sceptical about 'silver-bullet' solutions such as basic income. Adequate minimum income protection is not a matter of getting one scheme or policy right. It is a matter of getting multiple policy levers right, in the right configuration. Incremental, context-conscious expansion is the way forward if we really care about the most vulnerable.

Author : Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Publisher : New York : Random House
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0394463544

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The Politics of a Guaranteed Income by Daniel Patrick Moynihan Pdf

Author : Philippe Van Parijs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674978096

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Basic Income by Philippe Van Parijs Pdf

Providing a basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, was advocated by Paine, Mill, and Galbraith but the idea was never taken seriously. Today, with the welfare state creaking, it is one of the world’s most widely debated proposals. Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght present a comprehensive defense of this radical idea.

Author : R. Caputo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137045300

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Basic Income Guarantee and Politics by R. Caputo Pdf

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.

Author : T. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780333983287

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Freedom and Security by T. Fitzpatrick Pdf

A basic income would be an income paid periodically and unconditionally to every man, woman and child as a fundamental right of citizenship and without reference to employment, marital and household status. It would be a means of ensuring the twin objectives of freedom and security for all. This book provides an introduction to the basic income debate, examining a range of arguments for and against, and so will be of interest to anybody concerned with the future direction of the welfare state.

Author : Shaun Wilson
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447341185

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Living Wages and the Welfare State by Shaun Wilson Pdf

Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative. Topical and poignant, this book identifies the success of living wage campaigns as central to both welfare state change and alternatives to the Basic Income.