Universal Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy Towards a Citizens' Stipend in a New Political Order /

• Main Author: Wehner, Burkhard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Democracy.; Welfare state.; Social policy.; Welfare economics.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Social Policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.

How, where and when can a universal basic income be put into political practice? This book discusses these questions by analyzing the political logic of a basic income and its controversial political and scientific implications. The author studies the institutions, rules, and decision-making process...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Income: A Project for Generations
• A Long-Term Vision
• Basic Income in Other Policy Areas
• Common Objections to Basic Income
• The Role of Pilot Studies
• Basic Income, Demographic Structure and the Size of the State
• Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy
• Project for the 22nd Century?
• Bibliography.