Political activism and basic income guarantee : international experiences and perspectives past, present, and near future /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
©2020
Description:1 online resource (xix, 304 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language:English
Series:Exploring the basic income guarantee
Exploring the basic income guarantee.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12605438
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Other authors / contributors:Caputo, Richard K., editor.
Liu, Larry, 1991- editor.
ISBN:9783030439040
3030439046
9783030439033
3030439038
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This edited volume brings together international and national scholars and major activists leading or spearheading basic income guarantee political initiatives in their respective countries. Contributing authors address specific issues about major efforts to influence public policy regarding basic income guarantee, such as: who were the main advocates and thought leaders involved in support of such legislative initiatives; what were the main organizational and framing strategies and tactics used to influence public opinion and elected officials to support the idea of and policies related to basic income guarantee; what were the major obstacles they faced; and what practical and theoretical lessons might be learned from past and contemporary actions to affect social policy change regarding basic income guarantee and related measures to guide the efforts of activists and public intellectuals in the 2020 and 2024 election cycles.
Other form:Print version: Political activism and basic income guarantee Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020] 3030439038 9783030439033