Review Article: Social Rights and Social Contract—Political Theory and
                        the New Welfare Politics

White, Stuart

doi:10.1017/s0007123400000211

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“…The most commonly used conditions are those that incentivise physical asset creation (usually at the community level) or human capital accumulation in terms of education or health. White (2000) argues that conditions can be justified by a reciprocity principle: those who share in the social product of a given society have a corresponding obligation to contribute to it. The scope of the principle can be extended to the medium-and longer-term for example by the accumulation of human capital to achieve a high level of productivity during the working life.…”

Section: Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why Assist People Living in Poverty?

Barrientos

Abdula²,

Demirag³

et al. 2016

Innocenti Working Papers

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The Office of Research -Innocenti is UNICEF's dedicated research centre. It undertakes research on emerging or current issues in order to inform the strategic directions, policies and programmes of UNICEF and its partners, shape global debates on child rights and development, and inform the global research and policy agenda for all children, and particularly for the most vulnerable.Publications produced by the Office are contributions to a global debate on children and may not necessarily reflect UNICEF policies or approaches. The views expressed are those of the authors.The Office of Research -Innocenti receives financial support from the Government of Italy, while funding for specific projects is also provided by other governments, international institutions and private sources, including UNICEF National Committees.For further information and to download or order this and other publications, please visit the website at www.unicef-irc.org. Abstract: The paper provides an examination of the relevance of ethics to poverty reduction. Ethics examines the nature and scope of institutions as the deepest level of analysis. The ethics of poverty is understood as the principles and processes of justification employed to justify assisting people in poverty. The paper argues that ethical perspectives are relevant to understanding poverty and the priority given to poverty reduction in society. It further argues that ethical perspectives inform the design and scope of anti-poverty programmes. Drawing on the recent expansion of social assistance in Brazil, South Africa and Ghana, the paper shows that ethical perspectives are relevant to our understanding of the evolution of anti-poverty policy.

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Section: Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why Assist People Living in Poverty?

Barrientos

Abdula²,

Demirag³

et al. 2016

Innocenti Working Papers

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“…Similarly, Stuart White (2000) challenges the legitimacy of conditionality in both theory and in practice. White (2000) suggests that 'moves in the direction of welfare contractualism are just to the extent that they form part of a broader package of policies that together work to satisfy the conditions of fair reciprocity' (White, 2000, p. 521).…”

Section: 'Fair' Austerity?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…White (2000) suggests that 'moves in the direction of welfare contractualism are just to the extent that they form part of a broader package of policies that together work to satisfy the conditions of fair reciprocity' (White, 2000, p. 521). Accordingly, conditionality is only ethically permissible when targeted groups are provided with 'a sufficiently generous share of the social product' (White, 2003, p. 17).…”

Section: 'Fair' Austerity?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Age of Austerity: Contesting the Ethical Basis and Financial Sustainability of Welfare Reform in Europe

Edmiston

2014

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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This paper examines the policy of austerity in three European welfare regimes with differing levels of social spending and fiscal balance: Italy, Sweden and the UK. In spite of significant material differences between the three countries, the paper begins by illustrating that there is ultimately convergence in their responses to the economic crisis. These welfare regimes have justified the terms of austerity by suggesting that economic and welfare reforms address questions of 'need', 'fairness' and 'sustainability'. Contrary to dominant political and policy rationale, the paper demonstrates that austerity measures in each country fail to meet policy objectives given their own conceptions of social and distributive justice. The three welfare regimes lack cogent strategies to safeguard their financial sustainability and this results in a neo-liberal paradigm that compromises the ethical and internal coherence of austerity.

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“…This is par cularly true given that the dominant framework within which the moral justness of welfare to work condi onality is discussed Stuart (White 2000;2003) incorporates paternalis c considera ons about the real-life nature and consequences of condi onality into its norma ve evalua ve framework.…”

Section: Ondi Onality Is Fair and It Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…White (2000;2003) sets out four justness of WTW condi onality: fair opportunity the ability to have a reasonable degree of input into the nature of the mandated ac vi es and to have a reasonable chance of being able to fulfil those ac vi es; fair reward the receipt of a reasonable share of the social product for the fulfilment of ; universal applica on for them to be fair all ci zens must be required to fulfil the mandated ac vi es; diversity in valued contribu ons there must be recogni on of alterna ve forms of valuable .…”

Section: Ondi Onality Is Fair and It Workmentioning

confidence: 99%