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1 Social security: the landscape |
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1 | (20) |
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What are the aims of social security? |
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2 | (1) |
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What benefits do we have, and how do they differ? |
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3 | (2) |
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How much do we spend on social security? |
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5 | (1) |
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Who delivers social security? |
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6 | (1) |
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Who receives social security? |
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7 | (2) |
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Do we pay the `right' benefit to the `right' people? |
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9 | (2) |
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Austerity and `welfare reform' |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (1) |
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15 | (6) |
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2 Social security support for children |
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21 | (18) |
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21 | (2) |
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Benefits for children: numbers in receipt and expenditure |
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23 | (1) |
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Why does the state provide support for children? |
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24 | (4) |
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Changing the landscape: benefits for children in the 21st century |
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28 | (6) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (3) |
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3 Social security and work obligations |
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39 | (20) |
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39 | (1) |
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Social security: unemployment and jobseeking |
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40 | (4) |
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Social security: in-work benefits and tax credits |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (6) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (4) |
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4 Disabled people and carers |
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59 | (20) |
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59 | (1) |
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The evolution of extra needs benefits |
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60 | (2) |
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The evolution of benefits for carers |
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62 | (2) |
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How eligibility conditions for extra needs benefits have developed |
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64 | (1) |
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Uses of extra needs benefits |
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64 | (2) |
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Trends in the numbers of extra needs benefits and benefits for carers |
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66 | (1) |
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Extra needs benefits and benefits for carers in an international context |
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67 | (2) |
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Disability and carers' benefits and employment |
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69 | (2) |
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Adequacy of Disability Living Allowance/Personal Independence Payment and Carer's Allowance |
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71 | (1) |
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Where next for extra needs benefits and benefits for carers? |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (20) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (8) |
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Policy changes since 2010 |
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88 | (3) |
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Incomes and employment of pensioners |
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91 | (4) |
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Key policy issues and challenges |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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6 Gender and social security |
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99 | (20) |
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99 | (1) |
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The position of women and men in relation to the main types of benefits/tax credits |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (5) |
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Cumulative gender impact assessment of welfare reforms |
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108 | (1) |
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Gender implications of new and potential policy measures |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (6) |
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7 Social security and the `management' of migration |
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119 | (22) |
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120 | (1) |
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Political questions and debates |
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121 | (3) |
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Conceptual challenges: linking migration, social security and `welfare' |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (6) |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (6) |
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8 Social security in a global context |
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141 | (18) |
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141 | (2) |
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Social security principles and systems around the world |
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143 | (5) |
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International collaboration in social security |
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148 | (2) |
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Social security in a mobile world: international cooperation agreements |
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150 | (4) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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9 Who benefits and who pays? |
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159 | (20) |
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159 | (1) |
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A political economy approach |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (4) |
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Who benefits? The micro level |
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166 | (6) |
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What is social security for? The macro level |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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10 Public attitudes to `welfare' |
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179 | (18) |
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179 | (1) |
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Contemporary attitudes to `welfare' |
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180 | (2) |
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A `hardening' of attitudes to `welfare'? |
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182 | (5) |
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Public attitudes and the politics of `welfare' |
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187 | (2) |
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From attitudes to values and culture |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (4) |
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11 Everyday life on benefits |
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197 | (20) |
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197 | (2) |
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The dominant narrative of welfare dependency |
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199 | (1) |
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Lived experiences of out-of-work benefits receipt: hard choices and going without |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (2) |
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Debt and informal borrowing |
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205 | (1) |
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Contributions made by those `getting by' |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (4) |
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12 Jobcentres and the delivery of employment services and benefits |
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217 | (18) |
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217 | (1) |
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Delivery of employment and related services |
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218 | (1) |
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From Labour Exchanges to Jobcentres |
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219 | (3) |
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An `employment first' welfare state and Jobcentre Plus |
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222 | (2) |
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Jobcentres and the Universal Credit delivery system |
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224 | (1) |
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Digital Jobcentres, work coaches and delivery flexbilities |
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225 | (1) |
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Jobcentre performance targets and sanctions |
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226 | (1) |
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Changes in the welfare to work market and the Work Programme |
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227 | (2) |
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Changing relationship between Jobcentres and local government |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (3) |
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13 Making it simple? Universal basic income |
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235 | (20) |
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236 | (1) |
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Problems with the existing system |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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Against universal basic income: the counter-arguments |
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240 | (2) |
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Universal basic income in practice |
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242 | (2) |
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Evidence on desirability and feasibility |
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244 | (4) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (2) |
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14 Facing the future: Where next for social security? |
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255 | (7) |
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The economy, society and social security |
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256 | (3) |
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Why increasing understanding of social security is a good idea |
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259 | (1) |
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Unpicking `welfare reform' |
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260 | (1) |
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Taking the temperature of contemporary debates |
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261 | (1) |
Conclusion |
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262 | (1) |
References |
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