The public administration case against participation income
De Wispelaere, Jurgen (Trinity College Dublin)
Stirton, Lindsay (University of East Anglia)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. SGR-Grup de Recerca de Sociologia Analítica y Diseño Institucional

Date:	2007
Abstract:	Anthony Atkinson's proposal for a participation income (PI) has been acclaimed as a workable compromise between the aspirations of unconditional basic income proposals and the political acceptability of the workfare model. This article argues that PI functions poorly in terms of a number of essential administrative tasks that any welfare scheme must perform. This leads to a trilemma of participation income, which suggests that PI can only retain its apparent ability to satisfy the requirements of universalist and selectivist approaches to welfare at the cost of imposing a substantial burden on administrators and welfare clients alike. Consequently, the main apparent strength of PI, its capacity to garner support across different factions within welfare reform debates, is shown to be illusory.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Social Service Review, Vol.81 Num.3 2007 p.523-549, ISSN 0037-7961

DOI: 10.1086/520939

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