Promoting Income Security as a Right: Europe and North America

by Guy Standing

This book is about an idea that has a long and distinguished pedigree, the idea of a right to a basic income. This means having a modest income guaranteed - a right without conditions, just as every citizen should have the right to clean water, fresh air and a good education. In modern societies the conditions for moving in this direction would seem to be falling into place. Yet in the era of globalization and flexible labour relations, inequalities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843311747
• ISBN13: 9781843311744
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 615 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"