1st Edition
The Future of Social Security Policy Women, Work and A Citizens Basic Income
Acknowledgements Glossary 1. Introduction: Social Security Reform – A Possible Strategy 2. Justifying Income Transfers 3. Social Security or Income Maintenance Policy? A Question of Definitions 4. ‘Basic Income’ or ‘Basic Income Maintenance’ – A Micro Approach to Policy 5. Why a Citizens Basic Income?: The Story So Far 6. Arguing for a Universal Income Guarantee -The Reformist Case 7. Arguing for a CBI - A Radical Policy Response? 8. Commodification v’s Non-Commodification - A Feminist Economics Perspective in Support of a Citizens Basic Income 9. Conclusion - The Way Forward? Agenda Bibliography
Biography
Ailsa McKay is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Glasgow Caledonian University
'The overall purpose is to draw attention to the confining nature of mainstream economic theo-rizing in the policy process and to outline how a feminist economic perspective could contribute to the development of a more inclusive and realistic understanding of state welfare arrangements.' - International Social Security Review
'The main subject is an exploration of the Citizens Basic Income (CBI) proposal and how it presents an opportunity to reshape the future of social security provision in advanced capitalist States.' - International Social Security Review
' McKay provides an excellent overview of the gender bias of contemporary social security policy and a challenge to incorporate a feminist perspective into reform proposals that basic income advocates, as well as advocates of other approaches, would do well to meet.' Basic Income Studies
