POLS 3212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Basic Income, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Neoliberalism
13 Dec 2018
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Economic rights: the right to basic subsistence . (food clothing, shelter, potable water, basic medical care, and basic education) the right to work obtaining work and the right to decent work itself - safe and non-exploitative) the right to basic income guarantees . (government support for people who cannot work owing to sickness, unemployment, injury, etc. ) Economic growth is necessary, but not sufficient, to achieve economic. Distribution matters; the politics of decision-making results in poverty rights. Analogy: having a bug pie does not mean everyone in the family gets fed. And the process by which decisions are made about who gets a slice (and what size and when) also matters. mean the government gives everyone a job directly) The state does not provide all resources directly (the right to work doesnt. Rather each individual does her/his part to fulfill his own rights (through work) and the state supplements the need of those who cannot fulfill the basic minimum.
