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7. Finding a Political Strategy for a Basic Income in Australia

verfasst von : Tim Hollo

Erschienen in: Implementing a Basic Income in Australia

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Achieving a Basic Income requires an appreciation of the political context and a political strategy to shift the discourse and build power. This chapter outlines the existing political context in Australia, analysing the positions of the major political parties and civil society organisations, challenging the narratives of stigmatisation of the vulnerable and fetishisation of paid labour and proposing approaches to build support for Basic Income.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Diversion Ahead? Change Is Needed but That Doesn’t Mean That Basic Income Is the Answer

Nächstes Kapitel Basic or Universal? Pathways for a Universal Basic Income

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Disclosure: the author is a member of the Greens, Executive Director of the Greens’ think tank, TheGreen Institute, and a Greens candidate for election.

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Titel: Finding a Political Strategy for a Basic Income in Australia
verfasst von: Tim Hollo
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Implementing a Basic Income in Australia
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-14377-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-14378-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_7