Beyond the New Paternalism
Basic Security as Equality
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Verso Books
Published:17th Apr '02
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A call for new systems of regulation, social protection and redistribution
Whilst the century of labouring man has come to an end, governments continue to link the social entitlements to the performance of labour and to the figure of labouring man, the 'bread winner'The century of labouring man has come to an end, and yet governments continue to link social entitlements to the performance of labour. This book argues that the era of market regulation has ended in an era of fiscal regulation: new social and economic insecurities have spread around the world, boosted by globalisation and flexible labour markets, and compounded by privatisation and increased selectivity of social policy. This global insecurity has spawned growing and underestimated inequalities, while governments are making social policy more paternalistic and directive, using the language of duty and responsibility.
This context requires new systems of regulation, social protection and redistribution. Guy Standing argues for a complex egalitarianism, in which basic income security is a right for all, workers' representation is strengthened in new ways, and economic democracy is promoted. Work (including community and care work), not labour, must be the basis of the "good society", so policies should be judged by their capacity to promote occupational security-good opportunity for all to pursue their own sense of occupation.
ISBN: 9781859843451
Dimensions: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
Weight: 500g
324 pages