The growth of voluntary initiatives to promote socially responsible business practices has been accompanied by a chorus of criticisms, including claim that much of the activity has been public relations and attempt to deter governments from implementing effective regulations. This paper reviews...

There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating poverty and economic insecurity while promoting livelihoods and work. The mainstream view has been that giving people money, without conditions or obligations, promotes idleness and dependency,...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Basic Income - Its Meaning and Historical Origins -- Chapter 2 Basic Income as Social Justice -- Chapter 3 Basic Income and Freedom -- Chapter 4 Reducing Pover ty, Inequality and Insecurity -- Chapter 5 The Economic...

ch. 1. Social income, globalisation and a world of unending uncertainty -- ch. 2. Gujarat : a distinctive development model? -- ch. 3. Money incomes in Gujarat -- ch. 4. Enterprise benefits in social income : an unhealthy dualism -- ch. 5. Community benefits : communities under stress -- ch. 6....