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This chapter will examine the relative importance of poor relief as one of the possible control stategies for the elites and also as one of the survival strategies open to the poor. At the same time attention will be paid to the interdependence of rich and poor as reflected in poor relief.
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© 2000 Marco H. D. van Leeuwen
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van Leeuwen, M.H.D. (2000). The Role of Poor Relief in Society. In: The Logic of Charity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597006_5
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