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    A Toolkit for the Analysis of Decentralized Exchange

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  • Creating Target Publics for Welfare Policies

    A Comparative and Multi-level Approach

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume analyzes welfare policies by looking at the making of their target publics. It examines how these populations are identified and constructed by policy making. The contributors apply the classic theoretical question about who gets what, when, and how, but also suggest the revisiting of policy-feedback analysis.Coverage includes empirical case studies in different geographical areas. It ... Read more

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    Series series Public Administration and Public Policy
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  • Arguing about justice

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    Series series Hors collections
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