1st Edition

Post-Industrial Socialism Towards a New Politics of Welfare

By Adrian Little Copyright 1998

    Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy.
    In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need to renew socialist welfare theory through the evaluation of universal welfare provision and a policy of breaking the link between work and income.

    Introduction: The context of post-industrial socialism 1 Exploring post-industrial socialism 2 The post-industrial socialist critique of the welfare state 3 Towards socialist citizenship 4 Left-ibertarianism, autonomy and human needs 5 Basic income: A viable theory for post-industrial socialism? 6 The citizen’s wage and reduced working hours 7 Conclusion: The future politics of welfare

    Biography

    Adrian Little is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Nene College of Higher Education, Northampton.