Social security and the politics of deservingness / Susanne N. Beechey.
2016
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Title
Social security and the politics of deservingness / Susanne N. Beechey.
Author
Beechey, Susanne N., author.
ISBN
9781349918911 (electronic book)
1349918911 (electronic book)
9781349918898
1349918911 (electronic book)
9781349918898
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
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1 online resource.
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9781349918898
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HD7125
Dewey Decimal Classification
368.4/3/00973
Summary
This book seeks to understand the politics of deservingness for future Social Security reforms through an interpretive policy analysis of the 2005 Social Security privatization debates. What does it mean for politics and policymaking that Social Security recipients are widely viewed as deserving of the benefits they receive? In the 2005 privatization debates, Congress framed Social Security in exclusively positive terms, often in opposition to welfare, and imagined their own beloved family members as recipients. Advocates for private accounts sought to navigate the politics of deservingness by dividing the "we" of social insurance to a "me" of private investment and a "them" of individual rate of return in order to justify the introduction of private accounts into Social Security. Fiscal stress on the program will likely bring Social Security to the policy agenda soon. Understanding the politics of deservingness will be central to navigating those debates. Susanne N. Beechey is Assistant Professor of Politics, Whitman College, USA.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Social Security Today
Chapter Three: The Politics of Deservingness
Chapter Four: My Family Member as the Deserving Face of Social Security
Chapter Five: Challenging the Politics of Deservingness
Chapter Six: Social Security Tomorrow.
Chapter Two: Social Security Today
Chapter Three: The Politics of Deservingness
Chapter Four: My Family Member as the Deserving Face of Social Security
Chapter Five: Challenging the Politics of Deservingness
Chapter Six: Social Security Tomorrow.