The Predistribution Agenda
Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth
Published on 16. September 2015
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-78453-440-0 (ISBN)
Description
The concept of predistribution is increasingly setting the agenda in progressive politics. But what does it mean? The predistributive agenda is concerned with how states can alter the underlying distribution of market outcomes so they no longer rely solely on post hoc redistribution to achieve economic efficiency and social justice. It therefore offers an effective means of tackling economic and social inequality alongside traditional welfare policies, emphasising employability, human capital, and skills, as well as structuring markets to promote greater equity. This book examines the key debates surrounding the emergence and development of predistributive thought with contributions from leading international scholars and policy-makers.
Reviews / Votes
'The market economy as it is organised today is leading to ever-greater polarisation of people's economic fortunes, and straining the post-war welfare state to breaking point. This important and wide-ranging collection of essays addresses how to change the framework within which markets operate in order to bring about a less unequal and therefore more sustainable economy.' - Diane Coyle, Professor of Economics, University of Manchester and Founder, Enlightenment Economics; 'A comprehensive rebuttal of the argument that European social democracy lacks the ingenuity to challenge post-crash inequality, this book contains numerous ideas which could underpin the political project we need to revive our electoral fortunes.' - Tristram HuntMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-440-0 (9781784534400)
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Patrick Diamond | Claudia Chwalisz
The Predistribution Agenda
Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth
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Persons
Claudia Chwalisz is Policy Researcher at Policy Network. Patrick Diamond is Vice Chair of Policy Network and Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the former Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister.
Content
Table of Contents* Preface by Ernst Stetter
Foreword: The promise of predistribution by Jacob Hacker
Introduction
Pre-distribution: A new governing prospectus for the centre-left by Patrick Diamond, Claudia Chwalisz and Michael McTernan
Welfare states after the crisis by Andrew Gamble
Part I: Future changes in welfare societies
1. Public opinion, pre-distribution and progressive taxation: Distributional politics and voter preferences after the financial crisis by Lucy Barnes
2. Progressive policies for intergenerational justice in ageing societies: Demography is not destiny by Pieter Vanhuysse
Part II: Welfare states after the crisis: A pre-distribution agenda?
3. Pre-distribution and redistribution: Alternative or complementary policies? By Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens
4. The potential and limits of pre-distribution in the UK: Tackling inequality and poverty by Paul Gregg
Part III: Pre-distributive labour market policies
5. Fostering equitable labour market outcomes: A focus on raising employment by Paul de Beer
6. Labour market flexibility and income security in old age: The policy and political challenges of pension reform by Karen Anderson
7. Technology, the labour market and inequality: Ensuring the benefits of new technology are widely shared by Alan Manning
8. Labour market institutions as pillars of pre-distribution: Focusing on pre-tax income distribution to tackle inequality by Remi Bazillier
9. Pre-distribution and labour market actors: Looking at the trade union movement by Dimitris Tsarouhas
Part IV: Pre-distribution and the social investment state
10. Social investment, skills and inequality: The importance of institutional design by Marius Busemeyer
11. Looking to the Nordics? The Swedish social investment model in view of 2030 by Ingrid Esser
12. The demography of pre-distribution: Families, economic inequalities and social policies by Sophie Moullin
13. A 'family-friendly' welfare state: Addressing the gender equality paradox by Anke Hassel
Part V: The politics of pre-distribution
14. The political economy of the service transition: New political coalitions for pre-distributive strategies by Anne Wren
15. Welfare futures, Changing needs, risks and tools: Innovation and the new welfare state by Geoff Mulgan
16. Future challenges in new welfare societies by Ania Skrzypek
Conclusion
Postscript: The future of the welfare state by Peter A. Hall
Foreword: The promise of predistribution by Jacob Hacker
Introduction
Pre-distribution: A new governing prospectus for the centre-left by Patrick Diamond, Claudia Chwalisz and Michael McTernan
Welfare states after the crisis by Andrew Gamble
Part I: Future changes in welfare societies
1. Public opinion, pre-distribution and progressive taxation: Distributional politics and voter preferences after the financial crisis by Lucy Barnes
2. Progressive policies for intergenerational justice in ageing societies: Demography is not destiny by Pieter Vanhuysse
Part II: Welfare states after the crisis: A pre-distribution agenda?
3. Pre-distribution and redistribution: Alternative or complementary policies? By Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens
4. The potential and limits of pre-distribution in the UK: Tackling inequality and poverty by Paul Gregg
Part III: Pre-distributive labour market policies
5. Fostering equitable labour market outcomes: A focus on raising employment by Paul de Beer
6. Labour market flexibility and income security in old age: The policy and political challenges of pension reform by Karen Anderson
7. Technology, the labour market and inequality: Ensuring the benefits of new technology are widely shared by Alan Manning
8. Labour market institutions as pillars of pre-distribution: Focusing on pre-tax income distribution to tackle inequality by Remi Bazillier
9. Pre-distribution and labour market actors: Looking at the trade union movement by Dimitris Tsarouhas
Part IV: Pre-distribution and the social investment state
10. Social investment, skills and inequality: The importance of institutional design by Marius Busemeyer
11. Looking to the Nordics? The Swedish social investment model in view of 2030 by Ingrid Esser
12. The demography of pre-distribution: Families, economic inequalities and social policies by Sophie Moullin
13. A 'family-friendly' welfare state: Addressing the gender equality paradox by Anke Hassel
Part V: The politics of pre-distribution
14. The political economy of the service transition: New political coalitions for pre-distributive strategies by Anne Wren
15. Welfare futures, Changing needs, risks and tools: Innovation and the new welfare state by Geoff Mulgan
16. Future challenges in new welfare societies by Ania Skrzypek
Conclusion
Postscript: The future of the welfare state by Peter A. Hall