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Labour: Labor in political philosophy is the human exertion of physical or mental effort, typically in production or service. It is a central concept in Marxism, liberalism, and feminism. See also Marxism, Feminism, Liberalism, Value theory, Division of Labour, Income, Justice, Inequalities.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Anthony Giddens on Labour - Dictionary of Arguments

Gaus I 219
Labour/Welfare state/Giddens/Moon: [the] obligation to work is not, or is not merely, a demand to be made on the individual, one which he might reasonably wish to resist, for ultimately it is rooted in an ideal of social inclusion and active citizenship through which the individual's own interests and needs can be realized. Anthony Giddens sounds this theme in his call for 'the positive welfare society', in which 'the contract between individual and government shifts, since autonomy and the development of self - the medium of expanding individual responsibility become the prime focus' (1998(1): 128). >Welfare state/Welfare economics
, >Labour/Welfare economics, >Welfare state/Political philosophy.
Giddens: Replacing the traditional 'welfare state' with the 'social investment state' , the task of government would be to invest in 'human capital' rather than 'the direct provision of economic maintenance' (1998(1): 117). Although he allows that full employment might not be realized, he calls for the redistribution of work to include as many as possible, and various forms of payment for participation in the 'social economy' , the sphere of civil society traditionally maintained by voluntary work. >Labour/Welfare economics.

1. Giddens, Anthony (1998) The Third way: The Renewal of Social Democracy. Cambridge: Polity.

Moon, J. Donald 2004. „The Political Theory of the Welfare State“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Giddens, Anthony
Gaus I
Gerald F. Gaus
Chandran Kukathas
Handbook of Political Theory London 2004


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