More than a free lunch:A content analysis of the controversies surrounding Universal Basic Income on Dutch Twitter
Universal Basic Income (UBI) reached political agendas as a proposal to radically reform welfare systems, followed by scholarly interest in its public legitimacy. While surveys find UBI support to be mostly redistribution-driven, the discussion in science and media suggests a more nuanced understanding. To comprehensively grasp the public response to UBI policy, this article explores the controversies surrounding UBI policy through a content analysis of Dutch tweets. In addition to identifying established controversies, our analysis points to two avenues for the study of UBI legitimacy. First,... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Gielens , E , Roosma , F & Achterberg , P 2023 , ' More than a free lunch : A content analysis of the controversies surrounding Universal Basic Income on Dutch Twitter ' , Social Policy & Society . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746422000422 |
Schlagwörter: | ATTITUDES / Basic income / LEGITIMACY / PERCEPTIONS / SOCIAL INVESTMENT / SUPPORT / Twitter / WELFARE-STATE / content analysis / framing / welfare legitimacy |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27060412 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/45dd911f-bec1-4ef9-9941-d29f04f048e1 |
Universal Basic Income (UBI) reached political agendas as a proposal to radically reform welfare systems, followed by scholarly interest in its public legitimacy. While surveys find UBI support to be mostly redistribution-driven, the discussion in science and media suggests a more nuanced understanding. To comprehensively grasp the public response to UBI policy, this article explores the controversies surrounding UBI policy through a content analysis of Dutch tweets. In addition to identifying established controversies, our analysis points to two avenues for the study of UBI legitimacy. First, a multidimensional measure of UBI support should include redistributive, conditionality, and efficiency aspects. Second, dissatisfaction with targeted activation policy and ‘post-productivist’ attitudes should receive greater attention as drivers of UBI support. Overall, we find the pressure to reform welfare is more than the promise of a ‘free lunch’: it is anchored in fundamental critiques of economic and welfare institutions.