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Political sociology --- Social policy --- Public administration --- sociologie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- sociale ongelijkheid --- burgerschap --- Western world

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This book explains how to bring about institutional change and foster new institutional structures (institution building) by resolving power inequities in a rural ecosystem in India, and advocates the identification of an appropriate institutional champion to make this happen. The book develops a power-asymmetry-based framework and argues that a champion with the right attributes and the 'ability’ to 'convene' people over a social issue can only succeed if he/she can resolve or reduce the deep-rooted societal power asymmetries within that community. It also presents four case studies that indicate how such social change is typically spread over a long period of time.

Politics --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Social security law --- economische politiek --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- India

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Minimum income schemes (MIS) have become key social protection institutions for European citizens, but we know little regarding the logic and dynamics of institutional change in this policy field. This book provides an analytical model that will facilitate an understanding of the scope and direction of recent reforms, offering insight into the conditions under which minimum income schemes are introduced, expanded or retrenched. Natili presents a comparative analysis of policy trajectories of minimum income schemes in Italy and Spain between the mid-1980s and 2015. Although these two countries had similar points of departure, and faced comparable functional pressures and institutional constraints, they experienced remarkably different developments in this policy field in the last two decades. This comparative analysis provides empirical evidence of the impacts of different types of credit-claiming dynamics resulting from the interaction of socio-political demand with political supply. The Politics of Minimum Income also assesses the reform processes both in countries that have introduced MIS in the age of austerity (such as Portugal) and in countries that have retrenched them (Austria and Denmark).

Social security law --- Public administration --- sociologie --- economie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- sociale ongelijkheid --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid

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Social policy --- Political systems --- Politics --- Microeconomics --- Social security law --- economie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- democratie --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- politieke economie

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How, where and when can a universal basic income be put into political practice? This book discusses these questions by analyzing the political logic of a basic income and its controversial political and scientific implications. The author studies the institutions, rules, and decision-making processes of conventional democracies to reveal an institutional framework in which a universal basic income for all citizens could eventually become politically viable. The work addresses a broad range of topics, such as nationwide experiments with a basic income, voters’ support for the idea, and the effects of a basic income on business cycles and demographic policies. As such, it will appeal to anyone interested in the preconditions and implications of introducing a universal basic income.

Social policy --- Political systems --- Politics --- Microeconomics --- Social security law --- economie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- democratie --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- politieke economie