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Who deserves to get what and what should they have to do in order to get it? These are questions that societies have grappled with since antiquity, and they con
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This book addresses new perspectives on the perceived popular deservingness of target groups of social services and benefits, offering new insights and analysis
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This important book builds a bridge between the literature on popular welfare deservingness and social welfare policies. It examines the relationship between th
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The Welfare State
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This Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, a