Abstract
One of the key themes in this volume is that perceptions of the deservingness of target populations are pivotal for the legitimacy of different anti-poverty policy measures. van Oorschot and Roosma (Chapter 1 in this volume) suggest that popular deservingness opinions and attitudes might be rooted in (popular) culture and thus reflected in, but also reinforced by, the mass media. Resting on this assumption, 1 the current study investigates the Dutch news media portrayal of various subgroups of the poor and explores the the implications of this for the theory of deservingness.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Social Legitimacy of Targeted Welfare: Attitudes to Welfare Deservingness |
| Editors | Wim van Oorschot, Femke Roosma, Bart Meuleman, Tim Reeskens |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978 1 78536 721 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 1 78536 720 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |