Neither Left nor Right

Joe Chrisp () and Luke Martinelli
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Joe Chrisp: University of Bath
Luke Martinelli: University of Bath

Chapter Chapter 27 in The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, 2023, pp 547-563 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Martinelli and Chrisp assess the claim that Basic Income is ‘neither left nor right’ by addressing two main questions. Firstly, to what extent does Basic Income evade categorization as left or right in conceptual terms? By examining both its policy design features, and its key principles and goalsgoals, they argue that Basic Income contains elements of both left- and right-wing thinking, but intractable policy design trade-offs are such that Basic Income is more accurately described as either left or right. Secondly, to what extent does Basic Income support derive from across the political spectrum as an empirical matter? Martinelli and Chrisp find that while there are cases of support on the right, parties and voters on the left are a more dependable source of support.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41001-7_27

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