Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee: Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State

Vanderborght, Y.; Yamamori, T.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-10-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137356574

DOI: 10.1057/9781137348081

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 275