The unconditional basic income as an approach to a solution of the precarization of labor

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Social Studies (General), grade: 1,5, Berlin School of Economics and Law, language: English, abstract: I will address the emerging problem of precarious working conditions in Germany as a result of neoliberal capitalism. I will then introduce the concept of an unconditional basic income, before taking up the debate if a basic income could counteract the factors that lead to precarity by analyzing and comparing the statements of sociologists and representations of interests in that field. Finally, this paper will conclude by evaluating the aforementioned explanations and suggesting alternative approaches to the topical problem.

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1. Introduction2. The dangerous drift towards precarious working conditions3. The idea of an unconditional basic income4. The unconditional basic income debate4.1. The unconditional basic income as an approach to fight precarity4.2. Criticism of basic income models5. Concluding reflections and alternative approachesReference List