Welfare as freedom, the human economy, and varieties of capitalist state
This contribution advocates a political economy perspective on systems of well-being. I argue deeper regulatory features of human economy give rise to common institutions in areas such as education, work and care and that the constraints this imposes on governance explain how a more egalitarian form...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Economic policies for a post-neoliberal world |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This contribution advocates a political economy perspective on systems of well-being. I argue deeper regulatory features of human economy give rise to common institutions in areas such as education, work and care and that the constraints this imposes on governance explain how a more egalitarian form of public sector development is a key factor in gender equality, control of core human activities and forms of time. A systems approach to well-being critically engages freedom-focussed perspectives on welfare and the proposal for a Universal Basic Income (UBI), which has received public traction since 2016. Identifying the systemic foundations for well-being as control within core human activities and social relations suggests UBI should be seen as an important but insufficient element of systems of well-being. To depict patterns of continuity and change, this chapter compares a set of OECD cross-country data, with particular attention to hierarchical-competitive and developmental-horizontal Anglo-liberal and Nordic trajectories. |
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| ISBN: | 9783030567347 9783030567378 |