Might be worth looking at Francine Mestrum's work on rethinking social protection as the social commons – proposals for both global North and South.
See
http://www.globalsocialjustice.eu/index.php?option=com_content&id=405:francine-mestrum&Itemid=6
and
http://www.socioeco.org/bdf_auteur-2803_en.html
Best
Fiona
Emeritus Professor Fiona Williams OBE
Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE)
School of Sociology and Social Policy | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | LEEDS LS2 9JT
UK
Honorary Professor | Social Policy Research Centre
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES | AUSTRALIA 2052
From: <Orton>, Michael <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Date: Thursday, 30 October 2014 12:24
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Subject: Ideas wanted for solutions to socio-economic insecurity!
Hi
I'm doing a piece of work for Compass (compassonline.org.uk) about which I would be very grateful for ideas/views/suggestions.
Compass wants to start a conversation about identifying solutions to socio-economic insecurity, with particular focus on two policy fields: income and housing. Compass is just about to publish a report - Something’s not right: insecurity and an anxious nation – which identifies the extent and impact of socio-economic insecurity in the UK today. Analysing and critiquing current arrangements can often be easier than developing positive ways forward. But identifying solutions to socio-economic insecurity is Compass's aim and ideas would be greatly welcomed.
The key questions is:
Rather than producing a ‘shopping list’ of proposals to redress socio-economic insecurity, we are keen to identify a small number of ambitious signature policies which achieve significant change in themselves and also clearly signal a new direction. What policies would you suggest meet these criteria?
Regards,
Michael
Dr. Michael Orton
Institute for Employment Research
University of Warwick
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/people/morton/
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