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Heretical Political Discourse : A Discourse Analysis of the Danish Debate on Basic Income by Erik Christensen (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAalborg Universitetsforlag
ISBN-108773079367
ISBN-139788773079362
eBay Product ID (ePID)73589280
Product Key Features
Number of Pages164 Pages
Publication NameHeretical Political Discourse : a Discourse Analysis of the Danish Debate on Basic Income
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
SubjectEconomic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy
TypeTextbook
AuthorErik Christensen
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
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Reviews"This Book contains some valuable lessons and it should be essential reading for anyone interested in promoting debate on a Citizen's Income." -- Citizen's Income newsletter 2009, Issue 1, "This is undeniably an eminent and subtle, yet readable, anthology and a most welcome addition to the critique of the Scandinavian model phase-out. In these days of complete dominance of workfare ideology, The Heretical Political Discourse deserves careful reading -- especially by those sustaining the workfare discourse that Christensen criticises." -- Roland Paulsen, University of Uppsala, Basic Income Studies, vol. 3, Issue 3
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction; Citizen's Income as a Heretical Political Discourse: the Danish Debate about Citizen's Income; The Rhetoric of Rights and Obligations in Denmark from a Labour History Perspective; Feminist Arguments in Favour of Welfare and Basic Income in Denmark; Welfare Discourses in Denmark from a Basic Income Perspective; A Global Ecological Argument for a Basic Income; Basic Income on the Political Agenda: between Inclusion and Exclusion; References.
SynopsisIn the beginning of the 1990s, Denmark was developing along a 'basic income path'. At that time the hegemonic growth discourse was in crisis. Its legitimacy was doubted in the public opinion, and because of the unemployment crisis, basic income had been put on the agenda by new political networks and minority groups. However, at the same time a new labour market policy called 'activation' was introduced, and slowly, at the rhetorical level, the question of basic income was excluded. In public political debates and within the political parties, a workfare discourse was created, and basic income came to be considered a heretical political discourse and was made a target of negative political stereotyping. This anthology about the basic income debate in Denmark offers a discourse-analytical perspective on Denmark's development from a universal welfare state to a workfare state. With its analysis of metaphors, narratives and key concepts in the debate, it unveils how the basic income discourse ended up being both heretical and excluded. Lastly, it provides a global ecological argument for a basic income and discusses the conditions for bringing back the basic income question on the political agenda.
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