Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee
International Experiences and Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Includes a truly international list of scholars discussing the efficacy of the most significant activists, public intellectuals, and grass-roots organization seeking to promote the basic income guarantee Contains theoretical chapters on framing public opinion regarding basic income guarantee as well as country-specific cases Contains empirical chapters on basic income activism in different countries, including, US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, South Africa and India Fills a gap in the basic income guarantee literature by focusing on influencing policy making
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Richard K. Caputo
Themen in »Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee«
basic income guarantee universal basic income ubi public policy labor policy inequality civil rights advocacy