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Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State?

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Restructuring the Welfare State

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Welfare states tend towards egalitarian principles of distribution of social opportunities and wealth. Their citizens hold that a just society should not only secure a decent standard of living for all, but also prevent large inequalities of shares of power and wealth.

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Føllesdal, A. (1997). Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State?. In: Koslowski, P., Føllesdal, A. (eds) Restructuring the Welfare State. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60652-6_9

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