Margaret Somers is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her previous book, Genealogies of Citizenship: Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights, won the Giovanni Sartori Award from the American Political Science Association in 2009.
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Published in: TransformationIs cruelty the key to prosperity?According to many politicians, removing benefits is necessary to compel the unemployed to work even if their children suffer as a consequence. What’s the origin of this idea? Listen to a recorded audio version of this article courtesy of curio.io.