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The social legitimacy of targeted welfare : attitudes to welfare deservingness / edited by Wim van Oorschot (Professor of Social Policy, University of Leuven, Belgium), Femke Roosma (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands), Bart Meuleman (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leuven, Belgium), and Tim Reeskens (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands)

Contributor Oorschot, Wim van.

ImprintCheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]

Imprint2017

Descriptionxviii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Note:I. Introduction -- II. Popular ranking and weighing of deservingness -- III. The cognitive basis of popular deservingness opinions -- IV. Media frames of (un)deservingness -- V. The national context of deservingness opinions -- VI. Obligations of benefit claimants -- VII. Deservingness opinions among bureaucrats and policymakers -- VIII. Deservingness of migrants -- IX. Deservingness of the rich -- X. Conclusions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Note:"[This book] provides a multidisciplinary view on deservingness attitudes, with contributions from sociology, political science, media studies and social psychology. It advocates a multi-actor perspective, looking not only at citizens' attitudes, but also at attitudes of social administrators and policymakers. The chapters also present new research methods in the field, including discrete choice experiments, factorial surveys, focus groups and media content analysis."--Publisher's note



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Oorschot, Wim van.
Roosma, Femke.
Meuleman, Bart, 1965-
Reeskens, Tim.
Series Statement
Globalization and welfare
Subject:
Welfare recipients -- Public opinion.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Globalization and welfare.