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Universal Basic Income Activism in Switzerland and Austria

In: Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee

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  • Larry Liu

    (Princeton University)

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This chapter examines the trajectory of basic income debates in two of the German-speaking countries, Switzerland and Austria, and the activists and proponents involved in them. The supportive discourse on UBI has substantially increased since the early 2000s, peaking with the Swiss referendum campaign in 2016, but endures to the present with activists in politics, business and civil society making their mark in the campaign to realize UBI. Among the Swiss Basic Income Earth Network Switzerland (BIEN-CH) and Initiative Grundeinkommen (IG), and among the Austrians, Katholische Sozialakademie (Ksoe), BIEN Austria (NGSZ) and Generation Grundeinkommen (GG) are important civil society actors in advocating for UBI. At present, the likelihood of passing UBI in the German-speaking countries is quite low, but activists are responsible for keeping it on the political agenda.

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  • Larry Liu, 2020. "Universal Basic Income Activism in Switzerland and Austria," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Richard K. Caputo & Larry Liu (ed.), Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee, chapter 0, pages 229-251, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-030-43904-0_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43904-0_12
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