The tensions of welfare state reform and the potential of a universal basic income

Vanderborght, Yannick
(2014) Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work — ISBN: [978-2-87574-232-2], p. 209-222., published

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(en) There are many good reasons to think about a universal basic income while exploring the issues of welfare state reform in developed countries. It is especially true in the context of an increasing emphasis on activation – or even workfare – in almost all welfare states. In this chapter, I intend to show how the discussion about basic income forces us to think about three key tensions in welfare state reform: the tension between universalism and selectivity (I.), between in-cash and in-kind benefits (II.), and between conditionality and unconditionality (III.).
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Vanderborght, Y. (2014). The tensions of welfare state reform and the potential of a universal basic income. In Dermine, Elise & Dumont, Daniel (ed.), Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work (p. p. 209-222.). P.I.E. Pieter Lang. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/189022