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The Assets Agenda and Social Policy
Author(s) -
Prabhakar Rajiv
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00646.x
Subject(s) - clarity , asset (computer security) , welfare , citizenship , economics , stock (firearms) , precondition , element (criminal law) , social welfare , public economics , law and economics , political science , positive economics , law , market economy , computer science , politics , computer security , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language , engineering
The assets agenda or asset‐based welfare has provoked much interest in recent times. This approach insists that the stock of assets that a person owns is an important element of well‐being. The assets agenda is not a unified body of thought. However, there is a common failure to distinguish between these different parts, and this clouds rather than clarifies debates. This article seeks to add analytical clarity to current debates about asset‐based welfare. I distinguish between social policy and citizenship, and consider their implications for social policy. This discussion is important because analytical clarity is a precondition for a balanced assessment of asset‐based welfare.