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      Assessing Basic Income Feasibility Political Parties’ Positions on the French-Speaking Belgian Scene

      Politics of the Low Countries
      Eleven International Publishing
      basic income, parties, political feasibility

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          Assessing Basic Income Feasibility Political Parties’ Positions on the French-Speaking Belgian Scene

          Social protection systems are under growing pressure and face many challenges. Some argue that a universal basic income (BI) has the potential to transcend political cleavages and offer the ground for a welfare reform. While previous literature has increasingly tackled BI’s feasibility, ground-based research is still scarce. This study intends to fill this gap by considering the positions of five French-speaking Belgian parties (PTB, PS, Ecolo, Les Engagés and MR) on BI. Through a qualitative in-depth analysis of semi-structured interviews and grey literature, the article shows that BI proposals coming from liberals, democrats and ecologists are representative of the left-right cleavage. This is explained by the multidimensionality of the ‘basic income’ concept but also by diverging visions on work and society. By studying concrete parties’ positions, this article reveals the barriers and ways forward the path to BI’s strategic political feasibility in Belgium.

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                Role: Floriane Geels, MD, is a junior researcher at the Université Saint-Louis in Brussels, Belgium.
                Journal
                PLC
                Politics of the Low Countries
                Eleven International Publishing (The Hague )
                2589-9929
                December 2023
                : 5
                : 2
                : 136-159 (pp. 136-159)
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                PLC-D-22-00004
                10.5553/PLC/.000043
                2f9389fc-14cc-4f14-9d33-3b73b5265a0a
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                parties,basic income,political feasibility
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                parties, basic income, political feasibility

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