Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee)
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Hardcover. Basic Income in Japan discusses the potential of an unconditional basic income (UBI) in the context of a transforming Japanese welfare state. Editor(s): Vanderborght, Yannick; Yamamori, Toru. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 275 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential for a basic income program in the context of the country's changing welfare state. Vanderborght and Yamamori bring together over a dozen contributors to provide a general overview of the scholarly debate on universal and unconditional basic income, including a foreword by Ronald Dore. Drawing on empirical data on poverty and inequality as well as normative arguments, this balanced approach to a radical idea is essential reading for the study of contemporary Japan.
Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential for a basic income program in the context of the country's changing welfare state. Vanderborght and Yamamori bring together over a dozen contributors to provide a general overview of the scholarly debate on universal and unconditional basic income, including a foreword by Ronald Dore. Drawing on empirical data on poverty and inequality as well as normative arguments, this balanced approach to a radical idea is essential reading for the study of contemporary Japan.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137356574
SKU
V9781137356574
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99-15
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Aya K. Abe, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan Ronald Dore, London School of Economics, UK Sakura Furukubo, Osaka City University, Japan Hiroya Hirano, Mejiro University, Japan Fumio Iida, Kobe University, Japan Yoshio Itaba , Doshisha University, Japan Kaori Katada, Hosei University, Japan Hayato Kobayashi, Nihon Fukushi University, Japan Shinji Murakami, Health Care Science Institute, Japan Julia ... Read more
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