General Models of Social Policy as Alternatives to Political Particularism
General Models of Social Policy as Alternatives to Political Particularism

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a description and classification of general models of social policy and analyzes their potential for preventing political particularism. The three general models of social policy presented in this paper are the socialist state, the bureaucratic social state and the market social state. Each of them is characterized by a set of distinct problems; however, the market social state which implements the idea of social constitutionalism based on universal basic income is shown to reduce the degree of political particularism resulting from arbitrary decisions of the political or bureaucratic authority. As such, it facilitates the realization of many desirable goals of social policy and should be included in contemporary scientific and political discussions.

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