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Introduction: Interrogating Welfare Stigma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2022

Fiona Dukelow
Affiliation:
School of Applied Social Studies, University College, Cork, Ireland. E-mail: f.dukelow@ucc.ie
Joe Whelan
Affiliation:
School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: jwhelan9@tcd.ie
Robert Bolton
Affiliation:
Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century, University College, Cork, Ireland. E-mail: robert.bolton@ucc.ie

Abstract

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Type
Themed Section on Interrogating Welfare Stigma: Dynamics of (re)Production, Experience and Resistance in the Welfare State
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© The Author(s), 2022 Published by Cambridge University Press

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