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Towards a new social settlement


19 December 2016

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Working papers and other documents

  • The problem that has no name — work, care and time
  • Mythbusters: Strivers v. Skivers: ​‘the workless are worthless’
  • Solidarity: Why it matters for a new social settlement
  • Moving beyond the market: a new agenda for public services
  • Climate change and sustainable welfare: the centrality of human needs
  • A new social settlement for people and the planet: understanding the links between social justice and sustainability
  • If ideology is dead, how can the new politics find its voice? Neoliberalism and the crisis of politics
  • Social security for a new social settlement

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