Basic Income Guarantee and Politics - (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee) by R Caputo (Hardcover)

About the Book

Brings together international and national scholars and activists to pass unconditional basic income guarantee legislation across the world.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

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