Basic Income, Disability Pensions And The Australian Political Economy: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding And Sustainability (exploring The Basic Income Guarantee)

Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal basic income implementation. Basic income is a powerful strategy for addressing poverty gaps and growing inequality. This book provides new insights and strategies from an Australian political economy perspective to respond to implementation challenges and distributive justice. The book positions the disability dimension and disability pensions in relation to basic income to explore strategies for strengthening universal provisions. It illustrates the need for socially just conditions and adequate financing to underpin redistribution as a way of safeguarding the sustainability of basic income.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 3-35 Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 37-55 Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 57-102 Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 103-132 Front Matter ....Pages 133-133 Financing a Basic Income: Explorations of International Models for Application in Australia (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 135-163 Disability Pensions and the Legacy of Targeting and Classification (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 165-210 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Future Vision: Building a Sustainable Basic Income and Egalitarian Society (Jennifer Mays)....Pages 213-222 Back Matter ....Pages 223-230