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The generational welfare contract : justice, institutions and outcomes
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- Summary
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This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for ...
This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an aging society through balanced generational welfare contracts.
Details
- Creator
- Simon Birnbaum [and three others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (192 pages) illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781783471034, 1783471034, 1783471026
- Open Access.
- Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction -- Three dimensions of generational justice -- The generational welfare contract -- Profiling the generational welfare contract -- Contracts against poverty -- Contracts for life satisfaction and happiness -- Contracts for trust -- Contracts for or against employment? -- Politics of generational welfare contracts -- The generational welfare contract on the agenda