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The generational welfare contract : justice, institutions and outcomes /

By: Birnbaum, Simon [author.].
Contributor(s): Ferrarini, Tommy [author.] | Nelson, Kenneth, 1971- [author.] | Palme, Joakim [author.].
Publisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Description: vi, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781783471027; 9781783471027; 1783471026.Subject(s): Welfare state | Older people -- Government policyDDC classification: 362.6
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Three dimensions of generational justice -- The generational welfare contract -- Profiling the generational welfare contract -- Contracts against poverty -- Contracts for life satisfaction and happiness -- Contracts for trust -- Contracts for or against employment? -- Politics of generational welfare contracts -- The generational welfare contract on the agenda.
Summary: This volume brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an ageing society through balanced generational welfare contracts.
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Includes appendix, bibliographical references (pages 155-177) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Three dimensions of generational justice -- The generational welfare contract -- Profiling the generational welfare contract -- Contracts against poverty -- Contracts for life satisfaction and happiness -- Contracts for trust -- Contracts for or against employment? -- Politics of generational welfare contracts -- The generational welfare contract on the agenda.

This volume brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an ageing society through balanced generational welfare contracts.

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