From Survival to Decent Employment: Basic Income Security in Namibia

Haarmann, Claudia; Haarmann, Dirk

doi:10.2202/1932-0183.1066

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“…What does capture public interest is pilot projects, particularly those close to home. While pilots in Namibia, India and Kenya have shown the advantages of Basic Income, including increases in economic activity, educational achievement, health indicators, and women's empowerment, it is the Finland experiment that has sparked interest in the UK [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][76][77][78][79].…”

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The Role of Research in the Basic Income Debate in the UK

Torry

2020

LSE Public Policy Review

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The Role of Research in the Basic Income Debate in the UK

Torry

2020

LSE Public Policy Review

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“…It compiles and diffuses information, has local chapters around the world and organizes conferences about the topic. In the last decade, there has also been considerable interest from some governments about the idea and many are conducting experiments in small regions—for example, India (Standing, ), Namibia (Haarmann & Haarmann, ), and Finland (Kela Research, )—to determine the effects and feasibility of a UBI. The discussion on the topic is international, which is also reflected in the Twitter discussions.…”

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Tweets That Resonate: Information Flows and the Growth of Twitter's Universal Basic Income Discussion Space

Hemsley¹,

García‐Murillo²,

MacInnes³

2018

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Social media are an important space for people to discuss novel policy innovations. In particular, Twitter, whose user base is skewed toward those who disproportionately affect news coverage, and by extension the public agenda, represents a particularly useful platform for policy advocates wishing to grow their audience. This article extends theoretical understandings of information flows and the growth of networked discussion spaces by examining the online discussion space around a Universal Basic Income (UBI), which has been proposed to alleviate social tensions relating to joblessness resulting from technological advances. Using content analysis and statistical methods, we show that tweets in the UBI discussion space that inform others are the most likely to be shared, but tweets that emotionally resonate with users are the most likely to reach new audiences and therefore bring new actors into the discussion space. These findings contribute to the literature on viral events and dynamic networks, providing insight into how policies like UBI are discussed and diffuse on social media platforms like Twitter.

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Research and Education in the UK Basic Income Debate

Torry

2020

Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee

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From Survival to Decent Employment: Basic Income Security in Namibia

Cited by 12 publications

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The Role of Research in the Basic Income Debate in the UK

The Role of Research in the Basic Income Debate in the UK

Tweets That Resonate: Information Flows and the Growth of Twitter's Universal Basic Income Discussion Space

Research and Education in the UK Basic Income Debate

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