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The Politics of Dependence - Economic Parasites and Vulnerable Lives

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-319-78908-8

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The Politics of Dependence argues that economic dependence is a basic feature of all societies and exists in many forms: from dependence on income from the state (for example in welfare support) to dependence on income from the family (for example through inheritance). By seeing economic dependence...

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ISBN: 9783319787091 9783319789088
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2018
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78908-8
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