The social legitimacy of basic income: a multidimensional and cross-national perspective. An introduction to the special issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-222
Author(s):  
Joe Chrisp ◽  
Tijs Laenen ◽  
Wim van Oorschot
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Cross National

AbstractIn this special issue, authors present and discuss the findings of a series of recent national and EU cross-national empirical studies on public support for basic income. As such, the special issue offers new and innovative insights on such support and its individual and contextual drivers. The articles employ heterogeneous data and methods and therefore, as a whole, navigate the multi-dimensional nature of (opinions on) basic income. Three of the contributions use unique survey data to study the levels of support for basic income among various European populations and the complex ideological and social divides that explain such support. The other two contributions use qualitative data, from democratic fora, focus groups and in-depth interviews, to explore how citizens interpret basic income and what types of arguments they use in favour or against the implementation of the policy.

Philanthropic Foundations in Cross-National Perspective: A Comparative Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 1591-1602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut K. Anheier
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Philanthropic Foundations ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National

Comparative studies on philanthropic foundations are still in their infancy. To advance the comparative understanding, the article proposes to use two countries—the United States and Germany—as comparative cases against which to assess the main contours of foundations in other countries. Both countries have large foundations communities; yet both are rather distinct in terms of their historical development as well as in terms of their institutional characteristics, patterns, and activities. Looking at the positioning, roles, advantages, and disadvantages of foundations, the article offers a framework for their comparative study using the varieties of capitalism, welfare regimes, and the social origins classifications.

Unconditional Basic Income in the Czech Republic: What Type of Taxes Could Fund It? A Theoretical Tax Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitka Špeciánová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Environmental Taxes ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Tax ◽  
Transfer Of Information ◽  
Transaction Tax

Abstract This paper contains a summary of public support for the idea of unconditional basic income in the Czech Republic in the first part. Interest in unconditional income can be found both in the Czech political sphere and in the social sciences community. In the second part, the article theoretically analyzes the possible sources of unconditional basic income funding. The aim of this paper is to support argumentation in favor of the implementation of BI by a systematic analysis of the real possibilities of its funding through the state tax revenues. The feasibility of funding a BI scheme using taxes on labor, property, consumption, environmental taxes, financial transaction tax, and tax on the transfer of information is considered. Consideration is also given to administrative savings that the basic income system could bring. Due to political enforceability of BI, it is important to contemplate and discuss the distortions and other problems of proposed changes in taxation, which would not be negligible as can be expected.

scholarly journals Socially Engaged Social Psychology in Asia: Sustaining Research Progress in Diverse Directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan B. I. Bernardo ◽  
James H. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Psychological Paradigms

The final thematic special issue in the series ‘The Social Psychology of Social Change: Science and Practice in Asia’ features 10 empirical studies that apply diverse social psychological theories and approaches to understand and to address a wide range of social concerns in Asian societies. The articles in the special issue align more to mainstream social psychological approaches to studying social phenomena, and as such are mainly derivative of Western social psychological paradigms, with the exception of a couple of studies that adopt emic indigenous approaches. Nevertheless, the various studies display a clear motivation to use social psychology to engage particular societal concerns, representing incremental progress towards using social psychology in the service of social change.

Narratives of the Night: The Use of Audio Diaries in Researching Sleep

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Hislop ◽  
Sara Arber ◽  
Rob Meadows ◽  
Sue Venn
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Private Domain ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article draws on data from two major empirical studies of sleep to examine the use of audio diaries as an approach to researching sleep. Sleep has only recently emerged as a topic of interest to the sociologist, providing a valuable resource through which to examine the roles and relationships and gender inequalities which underpin everyday life. Yet accessing individual experiences of sleep is problematic. Considered a non-conscious activity, sleep takes place in most cases at night within the private domain of the home and is thus generally inaccessible to the social researcher and outside the conscious reality of the sleeper. In exploring the social aspects of sleep, we rely primarily on respondents’ interpretations of the sleep period given retrospectively in focus groups and in-depth interviews, distanced from the temporal, spatial and relational dimensions of the sleep event. This article also focuses on the use of audio diaries as a method designed to help bridge the gap between events in real time and retrospective accounts. We examine the narrative structure of audio diaries, discuss the principles and practice of using audio diaries in sleep research, illustrate the contribution of audio diary narratives to an understanding of the social context of sleep, and assess the use of audio diaries in social research. We conclude that, used in conjunction with other methods, audio diaries are an effective method of data collection, particularly for understanding experiences of intimate aspects of everyday life.

scholarly journals The social legitimacy of the universal basic income from a social justice perspective: a comparative analysis of Germany and Slovenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-331
Author(s):  
Katharina Zimmermann ◽  
Urban Boljka ◽  
Tatjana Rakar ◽  
Maša Filipovič Hrast
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Almost All

AbstractThe universal basic income (UBI) has found its way into public debates and has prominent advocates across almost all political camps. In many debates, it is presented as a solution for the consequences of a large variety of current societal challenges, such as unemployment, over-education, ecological crises, gender inequality and issues related to digitalization and automatization. While UBI has been discussed broadly from an expert position, we know very little about the population’s perceptions of UBI. Thus, to shed light on the public legitimacy of UBI as a radically different concept of social justice and citizenship, our contribution uses data from large group discussions where participants explicitly refer to the UBI as an option for a future welfare state. By comparing debates in Slovenia and Germany, we unearth that the perspective adopted by the participants towards a UBI is strongly shaped by the welfare institutions of the countries in which they live and the social justice principles embodied in those institutions.

scholarly journals In search of relevance: European political scientists and the public sphere in critical times

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Real-Dato ◽  
Luca Verzichelli
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
The Social ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
The Public Sphere

AbstractSocial relevance has become a key element to assess the social legitimacy of an academic discipline. This contrasts with a widespread sentiment among political scientists about the existence of a relevance gap. The context of multiple crises Europe has experienced since the late 2000s has provided political scientists with a multitude of opportunities to demonstrate the social relevance of their work and the usefulness of the discipline. This introductory article to the special issue aims to offer an explorative framework and a preliminary discussion of empirical examples to assess the phenomenon of political scientists’ relevance in the public sphere during recent turbulent times. The framework (which emphasises three basic dimensions of social relevance – partisanship, visibility, and impact) is used to interpret the main results of the five case studies included in the special issue. Results show that contextual factors (salience of the issue, political and media contexts) influence political scientists’ engagement in the public sphere, the role they adopt and their visibility. The article ends emphasising the importance of collective action within the discipline as an instrument to enhance its social relevance.

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