Assets Agenda Principles and Policy

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ISBN: 9780230522190 | 023052219X
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Copyright: 3/15/2008

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Asset-based policies are becoming an increasingly important form of public and social policy globally. This sees individual assets - such as savings or housing--as crucial aspects of a new form of welfare provision emerging in countries such as the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. In this book, the first of its kind, Rajiv Prabhakar provides a theoretical perspective on the emerging asset agenda as well as examining specific policies, including the British Child Trust Fund.

Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Political interest	p. 2
Policy interest	p. 3
Academic interest	p. 6
Capital grants	p. 6
Personal accounts	p. 7
Forerunners	p. 9
Renewed interest	p. 12
Policy examples	p. 15
Criticisms and challenges	p. 17
Problems	p. 20
Aim of this book	p. 22
Chapter structure	p. 25
Social Policy	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
Character development	p. 29
Investment	p. 29
Asset effect	p. 31
Evidence on the asset-effect	p. 33
The incentives approach	p. 38
Matching	p. 40
Hybrid approaches	p. 43
Differences between character development and incentives approach	p. 43
Availability	p. 44
Time	p. 45
Restrictions on use	p. 47
Education	p. 48
Funding	p. 48
Other agencies	p. 51
Relationship of assets to income and public services	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 56
Citizenship	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
Equality and liberty	p. 58
Liberal citizenship	p. 59
Stakeholder grant	p. 61
Third way	p. 62
Civic republican citizenship	p. 63
Restrictions	p. 66
Wealth taxes	p. 69
Taxing transfers of wealth	p. 71
Taxing stocks of wealth: land value taxation	p. 72
Alternative to wealth taxes: the community fund	p. 74
Earmarking	p. 75
Criticisms of capital grants	p. 77
Basic income versus basic capital	p. 79
Conclusion	p. 82
Policy Options	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Differences between social policy and citizenship	p. 86
Example: the Child Trust Fund	p. 88
A hybrid system	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 94
The Child Trust Fund	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Focus groups	p. 96
What do parents think about the present version of the Child Trust Fund?	p. 98
Size	p. 98
Progressive universalism	p. 100
Sibling rivalry	p. 101
Locked nature of grants	p. 104
Saving	p. 104
Too much information	p. 104
Saving	p. 107
What do parents think about alternatives?	p. 109
Responsible use	p. 109
Spending on income benefits or public services	p. 112
Discussion	p. 114
Conclusion	p. 116
Paying for Assets	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Focus groups	p. 118
Results	p. 122
Government inefficiency	p. 122
Wealth taxes	p. 123
Inheritance tax	p. 123
Paris Hilton benefit fund	p. 125
Life chances	p. 126
Income tax versus inheritance tax	p. 127
Land tax	p. 129
Alternatives to wealth taxes	p. 130
Community fund	p. 130
Cuts in public spending	p. 131
Higher education	p. 131
GP pay	p. 132
Pension age	p. 133
Discussion and conclusions	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 137
Introduction	p. 137
A liberal welfare policy?	p. 140
Sabbatical accounts	p. 143
The third way	p. 146
Assets and the right	p. 148
Future research	p. 151
Notes	p. 153
References	p. 157
Index	p. 165
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