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This book discusses conditionality in social policy from normative, ethical, and philosophical perspectives. It brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines and parts of the world, opening new perspectives for the reader. Conditional social benefits are widespread and controversial: for supporters, they express that the state can expect something in return for its services and that self-responsibility is thereby strengthened. For critics, conditionality is synonymous with control and subjugation. This book discusses and investigates both views on conditionality, allowing the reader to get more in-depth knowledge of this topical and important aspect of social policy and political philosophy.   

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Author:   Gottfried Schweiger ,  Facundo García Valverde
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032152541

ISBN 10:   3032152542
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   05 April 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Part I The relational costs of the Conditional Paradigm.- When Is Distrust Problematic in Conditional Cash Transfers?.- The Symbolic Dimension of Governing the Poor: Practices, Discourses, and Ethics Around the “Undeserving” Recipient in Italy.- Part II Normative justifications of conidtionalities.- A Republican Justification for Social Programs to Fight Poverty.- Justifying the Conditionality of Social Protection Programs: The Case of the Philippines’ Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).- A Conditional Evaluation of Brazil’s Bolsa Família Conditionalities.- The “theoretical substance of welfare-states”: social protection, cash transfers, and conditionality.- Family poverty and dignity. The question of conditional social benefits.- Conditional Welfare, Active Labor-Market Policy, and Contributive Justice.- Redistribution with(out) stigmatisation. Conditional Cash Transfers vs Universal Basic Income.- Does UBI Diminish Unfreedom and Poverty? Some Difficulties in Making a Case for It.- Conditionality, Reciprocity, and Capabilities.

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Gottfried Schweiger is Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research of the University of Salzburg. He published widely in political philosophy. Facundo García Valverde is a researcher in philosophy at the National Research Center of Argentina (CONICET) and is Professor of the University of Buenos Aires. He has published widely in political philosophy and, specifically, in the normative foundations of social protection.

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