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CRITICAL SOCIAL POLICY
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 330-351Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0261018315622012
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Denmark; immigrants; social policy; welfare chauvinism; welfare state
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This article examines categories of deservingness in social policy. It argues that immigrant groups are positioned differently according to their status and perceived value' for society. On the one hand, most states need several types of migrant labour; on the other hand, they wish to limit other types of migrants. The balance between humanitarian obligations and this urge to control has led to the development of ambiguous policy designs. This tendency can also be found in Denmark. Public policies and the attribution of public goods and rights are increasingly developed within a hierarchical system of civic stratification that legitimises welfare chauvinism, rather than defending the universalist principle embedded in a universal/social-democratic welfare state model. The article investigates welfare chauvinism in relation to unemployment/social security benefits for labour migrants and refugees.
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