Langridge, N., Buchs, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-3196 and Howard, N. (Cover date: June 2023) An Ecological Basic Income? Examining the Ecological Credentials of Basic Income Through a Review of Selected Pilot Interventions. Basic Income Studies, 18 (1). pp. 47-87. ISSN 2194-6094
Abstract
While basic income (BI) has long been advocated for its social benefits, some scholars also propose it in response to the ecological crises. However, the empirical evidence to support this position is currently lacking and the concept of an ecological BI (EBI) is underdeveloped. Part one of this paper attempts to develop such a concept, arguing that an EBI should seek to reduce aggregate material throughput, improve human needs satisfaction, reduce inequalities, rebalance productive activity towards social activities in the autonomous sphere, and promote societal values of cooperation and sufficiency. Part two examines how BI interventions consider the principles of an EBI in their designs and discusses what their findings infer about BI’s ecological credentials. The results find that while ecological considerations are largely absent from BI intervention designs, their findings suggest that interventions aligned with the principles of an EBI could play a role in addressing the ecological crises.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 the author(s), published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
Keywords: | basic income; postgrowth; sustainability; environmentalism; ecologism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2023 12:52 |
Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2023 12:52 |
Published Version: | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bis... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/bis-2021-0044 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203034 |