The citizen's stake : : Exploring the future of universal asset policies / / ed. by Will Paxton, Dominic Maxwell, Stuart White.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Alstott, Anne L.,; Bollier, David,; Boyes, Linda,; Gamble, Andrew,; Glennerster, Howard,; Lewis, Jane,; Lewis, Miranda,; Maxwell, Dominic,; McCormick, Jim,; McKnight, Abigail,; McLean, Iain,; Paxton, Will,; Pearce, Nick,; Prabhakar, Rajiv,; White, Stuart,
• HerausgeberIn: Maxwell, Dominic,; Paxton, Will,; White, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Can and should asset-based policies such as universal capital grants become a new pillar of the welfare state? Can they form the basis for a more egalitarian form of market economy? The citizen's stake throws open the debate by bringing together the ideas of leading thinkers in academia and pol...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables, figures and boxes
• Acknowledgements
• List of contributors
• Introduction: the new politics of ownership
• Financing a citizen’s stake
• Inheritance tax: what do the people think? Evidence from deliberative workshops
• Towards a citizen’s inheritance: reforming inheritance tax
• Using stakeholder trusts to reclaim common assets
• Land tax: options for reform
• A capital start: but how far do we go?
• Forms of a citizen’s stake
• Attitudes of young people towards capital grants
• Universal capital grants: the issue of responsible use
• Caretaker resource accounts for parents
• Carework: are care accounts the answer?
• Having the time for our life: re-working time
• Conclusion: what is the best way forward for the citizen’s stake?
• References
• Index