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WP 4 | CASE STUDY Report: BIEN and the Basic Income WP 4 | CASE STUDY Report: BIEN and the Basic Income Theme [ssh.2013.3.2-1] [Social Innovation- Empowering People, changing societies] Project Full Title: “Transformative Social Innovation Theory project” Grant Agreement no. 613169 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 613169. Transit – Grant agreement no. 613169 – WP4 | Case Study Report 1 BIEN and the Basic Income Suggested citation: Backhaus, J. & Pel, B. (2017). WP4 Case Study Report: BIEN and the Basic Income, TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1 Grant agreement no. 613169. Acknowledgements: We would like to express our gratitude to all our interviewees who responded to our lengthy question catalogue. Cover: Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen (http://andrewjnilsen.com) Date: December 2017 Authors: Julia Backhaus, Bonno Pel Lead partner: ICIS-Maastricht University Participating partners: ICIS-Maastricht University and Université libre de Bruxelles Contact person: Julia Backhaus Maastricht University E-mail: [email protected] Phone: + 31-43-3884703 Disclaimer: The content of this publication does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed therein lies entirely with the authors. Transit – Grant agreement no. 613169 – WP4 | Case Study Report 2 BIEN and the Basic Income Table of contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................... 5 1.1 The Basic Income vis-á-vis other social welfare policies ............................... 6 1.2 Literature review ............................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Case demarcation ............................................................................................................ 9 1.4 Overview and structure of the report ................................................................. 10 2 Methodology .................................................................................. 11 2.1 Researcher relations to the case ............................................................................ 11 2.2 Methods ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.1 Overall methodology .................................................................................................................. 12 2.2.2 Interviews ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.3 Participant observation ............................................................................................................ 12 2.2.4 Document reviews ....................................................................................................................... 13 3 BIEN – the Basic Income Earth Network .............................. 14 3.1 The emergence of BIEN ............................................................................................. 14 3.1.1 BIEN’s main activities: regular congresses and news ..................................................... 15 3.1.2 BIEN’s growing aches ................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.3 Basic Income – the social innovation behind all efforts ................................................. 17 3.2 TSI dynamics .................................................................................................................. 17 3.2.1 Basic Income as social critique ............................................................................................... 18 3.2.2 Basic Income for president! ..................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3 Scientific evidence for Basic Income ..................................................................................... 19 3.2.4 Citizens’ initiatives and social movements ......................................................................... 20 3.3 Agency in (T)SI .............................................................................................................. 21 3.3.1 Skills, time and financial resources ....................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Utopian visions and theories of change: empowered by debate ................................. 22 3.3.3 On-line activism: (em)powering debate .............................................................................. 24 3.3.4 (Dis)empowering practice ........................................................................................................ 24 3.3.5 Language as a (dis)empowering factor ................................................................................ 25 3.4 Synthesis ......................................................................................................................... 25 4 The Dutch ‘basisinkomen’, VBI & MIES ................................ 26 4.1 Emergence of ‘basisinkomen’, VBI and MIES ................................................... 26 4.1.1 Emergence of ‘basisinkomen’: Social Critique ................................................................... 26 4.1.2 The establishment of VBI .......................................................................................................... 27 4.1.3 From alternative vision to policy option ............................................................................. 28 4.1.4 Decline ............................................................................................................................................. 30 4.1.5 Resurgence: MIES and the social security experiments ................................................. 33 4.2 TSI dynamics of basic income in the Netherlands ......................................... 37 4.2.1 High transformative potential, limited impact ................................................................. 38 4.2.2 Changing tides for BI .................................................................................................................. 40 4.2.3 BI and its clash with dominant institutions, interests and norms .............................. 41 Transit – Grant agreement no. 613169 – WP4 | Case Study Report 3 BIEN and the Basic income 4.2.4 BI and its convergence with dominant institutions, interests and norms ............... 44 4.2.5 BI and its unknown ramifications .......................................................................................... 46 4.2.6 Changing interactions: Contested BI translations ............................................................ 47 4.3 Agency in TSI – VBI, MIES and the BI discourse coalition .......................... 49 4.3.1 An uphill struggle: Looming resignation and developing a sense of agency ........... 50 4.3.2 Positioning and theories of change ....................................................................................... 52 4.3.3 Empowerment, resources and alignments ......................................................................... 54 4.3.4 BI, a dispersed discourse coalition ........................................................................................ 58 4.4 Synthesis: Key observations on BI in the Netherlands ................................ 59 5 Basic Income initiatives in Germany .................................... 61 5.1 Emergence ....................................................................................................................... 61 5.1.1 An emerging idea: intellectual battles over historiographic authority .................... 61 5.1.2 An emerging debate: BI-inspired social critique during the 1980s ........................... 62 5.1.3 A re-emerging debate: BI-initiatives in response to welfare state reform in the new millennium ........................................................................................................................... 64 5.1.4 An emerging opportunity: an online petition addressing the parliament ............... 69 5.1.5 Emerging experiences: a new initiative raffles off basic incomes .............................. 70 5.2 TSI dynamics .................................................................................................................. 72 5.3 Agency in (T)SI .............................................................................................................. 73 5.4 Summary, synthesis, conclusion ............................................................................ 74 6 Synthesis ......................................................................................... 76 6.1 Emergence of BI and BI initiatives ........................................................................ 76 6.1.1 The BI, a persistent utopian ideal .......................................................................................... 76 6.1.2 The fading and emergence of a TSI ‘peat fire’ .................................................................... 77 6.1.3 BIEN, a unifying platform? ........................................................................................................ 77 6.2 TSI dynamics of the BI ................................................................................................ 78 6.2.1 A counter-intuitive and far-reaching transformation ....................................................
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