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A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move towards a sustainable welfare state.

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Introduction: The case for a welfare imagination Part 1: From problems to solutions: a post-growth ecosocial political economy 1. Commodification and decommodification 2. From unsustainable environmental outcomes to a post-growth world 3. From an unequal society to ecosocial welfare Part 2: Building an ecosocial imaginary 4. Reciprocity and interdependence: enabling institutions 5. Universal basic services 6. Participation income Part 3: An ecosocial political imaginary 7. Power and mobilisation 8. Imaginaries and ideas 9. Achieving change through high-energy democracy and coalition-building Conclusion

Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 5 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447363569
      978-1447363569
      ISBN-10 1447363566
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      Political science and theory Social theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move towards a sustainable welfare state.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: The case for a welfare imagination Part 1: From problems to solutions: a post-growth ecosocial political economy 1. Commodification and decommodification 2. From unsustainable environmental outcomes to a post-growth world 3. From an unequal society to ecosocial welfare Part 2: Building an ecosocial imaginary 4. Reciprocity and interdependence: enabling institutions 5. Universal basic services 6. Participation income Part 3: An ecosocial political imaginary 7. Power and mobilisation 8. Imaginaries and ideas 9. Achieving change through high-energy democracy and coalition-building Conclusion

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