How central is the middle?: Middle class discourses and social policy design in Germany

When it comes to assessing the status of the welfare state or the necessity of political reforms, in many countries the middle class serves as a major point of reference. In such debates, the middle class and the welfare state typically constitute an ambivalent relationship as the middle class is bo...

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Hauptverfasser: Barbehön, Marlon (VerfasserIn) , Haus, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 17 May 2018
In: Creating target publics for welfare policies
Year: 2018, Pages: 49-66
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-89596-3_3
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89596-3_3
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