Nordic Solidarity as Justice and Fairness: Universal Basic Income in Norway
Translated title
Nordic Solidarity as Justice and Fairness
Author
Koftikian, Ari Eddy
Term
4. Semester
Publication year
2021
Submitted on
2021-05-28
Pages
61
Abstract
Nordisk socialdemokrati er formet af flere ideologiske traditioner, som forstår arbejde og velfærd på forskellige måder. Siden 1980’erne har de nordiske lande stået over for nye økonomiske udfordringer som aldrende befolkninger og globalisering, hvilket har øget udgifterne og skabt ideologisk usikkerhed. I dette landskab er der indført rekommodificerende politikker som Arbeidslinja (arbejdslinjen), dvs. tiltag der prioriterer beskæftigelse frem for passive ydelser og gør forsørgelsen mere afhængig af arbejdsmarkedet. Specialet gør tre ting. For det første belyser det, set fra et socialfagligt perspektiv, hvilke problemer der opstår, når Arbeidslinja implementeres i praksis. For det andet foretager det en hermeneutisk (fortolkende) analyse af de forskellige ideologier, der præger den nordiske velfærdsstat. For det tredje fremlægger det et etisk begrundet, ideologisk samlende alternativ i form af en negativ indkomstskat, et system hvor personer med lave indkomster modtager udbetaling i stedet for at betale skat.
Nordic social democracy brings together several ideological traditions that understand work and welfare in different ways. Since the 1980s, the Nordic countries have faced new financial pressures—such as population aging and globalization—that have increased costs and introduced ideological uncertainty. In this context, recommodifying policies like the Arbeidslinja (a work-first approach that prioritizes employment over passive benefits) have been adopted. This thesis does three things. First, it highlights, from a social work perspective, problems that arise when the Arbeidslinja is implemented in practice. Second, it uses a hermeneutic (interpretive) analysis to examine the different ideologies shaping the Nordic welfare state. Finally, it proposes an ethically grounded, ideologically unifying alternative in the form of a Negative Income Tax, a system in which people with low incomes receive payments instead of paying taxes.
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