Unconditional
Towards Unconditionality in Social Policy
$476.91
- Hardcover
284 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2024
Summary
Can anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified ‘yes,’ and considers whether a social policy regime based on unconditionality might ever replace neoliberalism.
Beginning with an exploration of the meaning of unconditionality and how the term relates to concepts such as universality and reciprocity, Malcolm Torry lays t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035313242 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035313243 |
| Author: | Malcolm Torry |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 284 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2024 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘The book is important because of its undeniable quality. It is well written, systematically struc-tured and the thought process is easy to follow. Each chapter comes with a substantial list of cited literature for anyone who wishes to research further on the topic.’ – Primož Rataj, European Journal of Social Security
‘This is an important and timely book. Malcolm Torry rightly argues that the time has come to shift social policy away from the punitive, exclusionary failures commonplace to neoliberalism and towards a more effective, compassionate, and generative unconditionality fit for the complexities of the 21st Century. Combining empirical rigour and theoretical complexity, the book makes a strong case that it is time for “an unconditionality paradigm” to emerge and argues that this could be anchored in Universal Basic Income (UBI). This is an important text for anyone wishing to re-think contemporary social policy.’ – Neil Howard, University of Bath, UK
Malcolm Torry
Malcolm Torry is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, and previously a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. He serves as Treasurer of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and is the former Director of the Citizen’s Basic Income Trust. He is a Priest in the Church of England and currently Priest in Charge of St Mary Abchurch, City of London, UK.
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