'Mutual obligation' and 'new deal': Illegitimate and unjustified?

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-104

  Moss, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Political obligation; Reciprocity; Unemployment; Work; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746105656     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-006-0595-1     Document Type: Article

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