Democratizing Citizenship: Some Advantages of a Basic Income

Carole Pateman

Politics & Society, 2004, vol. 32, issue 1, 89-105

Abstract: If the focus of interest is democratization, including women’s freedom, a basic income is preferable to stakeholding. Prevailing theoretical approaches and conceptions of individual freedom, free-riding seen as a problem of men’s employment, and neglect of feminist insights obscure the democratic potential of a basic income. An argument in terms of individual freedom as self-government, a basic income as a democratic right, and the importance of the opportunity not to be employed shows how a basic income can help break both the link between income and employment and the mutual reinforcement of the institutions of marriage, employment, and citizenship.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0032329203261100

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