Legitimising a radical policy idea
Framing Basic Income as a Boost to Labour Market Activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johanna Perkiö (0000-0002-9436-6921, Tampere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-293 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557319x15734252781048 |
| OpenAlex | W2995697263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
The idea of universal and unconditional basic income is gaining increasing traction worldwide. Yet the proposal of unconditional cash seems to run counter to some key normative assumptions in society. This article contributes to an understanding of the political feasibility of basic income from the perspective of framing strategies to legitimise the policy. It examines a framing commonly used by Finnish parties and politicians advocating basic income, that emphasised basic income’s capacity to boost activity and labour market participation. The article finds that basic income was often defended with framing that appealed to activity as a value, and that this framing was most actively pushed by the Greens, and adopted by other parties during the upturns of the debate. The article provides an insight into a strategy of legitimising a politically controversial idea by framing it in a normatively and ideologically resonant way
Basic income · Economics · Framing (construction · Market economy · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Engineering · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |