TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing basic income pilots for community development
T2 - What are the key community concerns? Evidence from citizen engagement in Northern England
AU - Howard, Neil
AU - Gregory, Grace
AU - Johnson , Elliott A
AU - Goodman, Cleo
AU - Coates , Jonathan
AU - Robson, Ian
AU - Pickett, Kate
AU - Johnson , Matthew T
N1 - © 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023/10/11
Y1 - 2023/10/11
N2 - olicymakers worldwide are realizing that traditional welfare systems need modernization. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with economic, ecological, and social crises intensifying, these systems are being exposed as inefficient, ineffective, and unjust. Policymakers have therefore begun exploring Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a potential alternative. This is leading to rising interest in basic income trials, with pilots proposed or in the pipeline in many countries, including Scotland and Wales. However, pilots are often designed without meaningful community participation, which raises significant ethical and practical concerns. Through a series of qualitative workshops in Jarrow, one of the most deprived areas in the UK and an archetypal target for “Leveling Up” policy, we explored and categorized local concerns, hopes, and suggestions for piloting basic income in the area. This article presents those findings and thereby builds the knowledge base around community perspectives on local basic income pilots.
AB - olicymakers worldwide are realizing that traditional welfare systems need modernization. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with economic, ecological, and social crises intensifying, these systems are being exposed as inefficient, ineffective, and unjust. Policymakers have therefore begun exploring Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a potential alternative. This is leading to rising interest in basic income trials, with pilots proposed or in the pipeline in many countries, including Scotland and Wales. However, pilots are often designed without meaningful community participation, which raises significant ethical and practical concerns. Through a series of qualitative workshops in Jarrow, one of the most deprived areas in the UK and an archetypal target for “Leveling Up” policy, we explored and categorized local concerns, hopes, and suggestions for piloting basic income in the area. This article presents those findings and thereby builds the knowledge base around community perspectives on local basic income pilots.
KW - basic income
KW - UBI
KW - Community development
KW - pilots
KW - levelling up
KW - citizen engagement
U2 - 10.1080/26883597.2023.2269483
DO - 10.1080/26883597.2023.2269483
M3 - Article
SN - 2688-3597
JO - Local Development & Society
JF - Local Development & Society
ER -