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All Things Considered, Should Feminists Embrace Basic Income?

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  • Baker John

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As a feminist, I am committed to equality of condition between men and women, defined multidimensionally in terms of respect and recognition; resources; love, care and solidarity; power; and working and learning. I concentrate in this comment on equality in the affective system, i.e., the set of social relations that operates to meet people's needs for love, care and solidarity. A central problem for egalitarians is that recognising, valuing and supporting care work risks reinforcing the gendered division of labour, a problem of much wider remit than the issue of basic income. I argue, however, that basic income can be construed as recognising and supporting care work as a form of worthwhile but noncommodifiable activity and that this should be combined with confronting the division of labour culturally and ideologically. I cite recent empirical work on caregivers and care recipients in Ireland in support of my position.

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  • Baker John, 2008. "All Things Considered, Should Feminists Embrace Basic Income?," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 3(3), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:3:y:2008:i:3:n:6
    DOI: 10.2202/1932-0183.1129
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    1. Ailsa McKay, 2001. "Rethinking Work and Income Maintenance Policy: Promoting Gender Equality Through a Citizens' Basic Income," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 97-118.
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