Securing Women’s Economic Security, Safety, and Freedom

The Role of Universal Basic Income in Australia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Universal basic income (UBI) as a policy measure for supporting economic security has attracted worldwide attention. This book contributes to the discussion by focusing on UBI’s potential impacts for women, including women of colour and First Nations women.Utilizing a “scenario interviewing” approach, the author worked with 26 diverse Australian women to imagine the potential implications of UBI for their own lives, as well as for women more broadly. The women talked about a range of possible impacts including poverty reduction, economic security, improved autonomy, and freedom from violence, which are sorted into overarching themes and chapters. Integrating these women’s narratives into the key arguments for and against UBI, this book provides a robust and readable introduction to relevant literature.This book is suitable for a wide audience including scholars and students across the social sciences, as well as policymakers.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-25
Mått:138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:410 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032957876

Utforska kategorier

Internationell ekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Zoe Staines is a senior lecturer and researcher at The University of Queensland, School of Social Science. Her research and qualifications, including PhD, span social policy, gender and work, critical criminology, and intersectionality. Her professional experiences extend across academia, government, and the non-profit sector.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionWhat is known about a UBI for women?UBI for women: Australia as a case studyAims and approach of this bookChapter 2: Putting UBI into contextSetting the scene: the Australian contextAustralian social assistance: shifting sandsAustralia and a UBI: A missed opportunity in 1975?ConclusionChapter 3: Women’s economic (in)securityAn Australian UBI and women’s overall economic securityUBI and caregivingUBI and unpaid careUBI and commodified careImproving paid workSupplementing shrinking and harmful social security netsIncreasing material supportConclusionChapter 4: Violence against womenEscaping domestic & family violenceEscaping insecure and unsafe housingConclusionChapter 5: Women’s healthUBI, resource scarcity, and health behavioursUBI and people with disabilityUBI and chronic stressUBI and avoiding social security stigmaConclusionChapter 6: Looking to the futureGetting the wider policy & program architecture right for Australian womenReassessing Australia’s couple ruleImproving access to escaping violence paymentsImproving access to commodified care optionsAmending existing Australian social security(Re)prioritising collective bargainingConcluding remarksReferencesAppendicesAppendix 1 – Detailed summary of research methodologyAppendix 2 – Australian social expenditure (a)Appendix 3 – Australian social expenditure (b)Appendix 4 – Proportion of female employees by industry typeAppendix 5 – Remuneration by sex across female-dominated, male-dominated, and mixed industries