1st Edition
Post-Industrial Socialism Towards a New Politics of Welfare
By Adrian Little
Copyright 1998
188 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
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Routledge
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Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy. In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need... Read more
Introduction: The context of post-industrial socialism 1 Exploring post-industrial socialism 2 The post-industrial socialist critique of the welfare state 3 Towards socialist citizenship 4 Left-ibertarianism, autonomy and human needs 5 Basic income: A viable theory for post-industrial socialism? 6 The citizen’s wage and reduced working hours 7 Conclusion: The future politics of welfare
Biography
Adrian Little is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Nene College of Higher Education, Northampton.
