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Amartya Sen, Karl Polanyi, and Universal Basic Income.
- Source :
- Journal of Human Development & Capabilities; Feb2024, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p42-60, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper develops a Polanyian capabilitarian framework to understand and justify the universal basic income. I combine Amartya Sen's capabilities approach with Karl Polanyi's substantive view of economy to mount a normative case for basic income. Using this approach, I also ground the basic income debate in a relational ontology, the idea that the self and society are mutually constituted. By doing so, I problematise hegemonic assumptions underlying much of the basic income discourse and call for ontological and epistemic diversity. The paper both provides a critique of individualist ontology and offers an affirmative modification centred on relationality and interdependence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BASIC income
CAPABILITIES approach (Social sciences)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19452829
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Human Development & Capabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175277613
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2023.2261858