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: David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit, Lindsay M. Tedds
: Basic Income and a Just Society Policy Choices for Canada's Social Safety Net
: McGill-Queen's University Press
: 9780886453800
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: CHF 62.40
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: Betriebswirtschaft
: English
: 492
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
As governments struggle to adapt half-century-old income and social support programs to new needs and realities, some are calling for the introduction of a basic income guarantee for working-age Canadians. But is a basic income really the best policy response to poverty, precarious work, and unemployment? Is it the best way to build a just and inclusive society?Basic Income and a Just Society provides a comprehensive evaluation of basic income and its application as a primary social policy tool. Drawing on extensive research and analysis produced for the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income, combined with pan-Canadian data and current evidence, leading scholars examine the various claims made for and against a basic income. They assess its potential to reduce poverty and improve social outcomes, as well as the costs associated with implementing such a program in Canada and how it would interact with existing social programs.In examining the key arguments advanced by proponents of a basic income, contributors take a hard look at Canada's social safety net and its strengths and weaknesses, proposing a different path forward - one that entails a full paradigm shift in social policy and rests on providing the bases of self- and social respect to all Canadians.