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- Proposes a Universal Basic Income as an alternative to the US welfare state
- Traces the history of US approaches to poverty alleviation
- Shows how sexism and racism have informed US welfare programs and how UBI may offer a more just alternative
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Social Work, Appalachian State University, Boone, USA
Leah Hamilton
About the author
Leah Hamilton is Associate Professor of Social Work at Appalachian State University, USA. She is an Executive Committee member for the Basic Income Earth Network and President of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Welfare Doesn't Work
Book Subtitle: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net
Authors: Leah Hamilton
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37121-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37120-3Published: 07 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37123-4Published: 07 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37121-0Published: 06 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 144
Topics: Public Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, US Politics, Public Policy