Abstract
Chapter 3 examines the development and perpetuation of binary distinctions between deserving and undeserving, skivers and strivers and other moral-judgemental views that reflect normative positions and popular approaches to social welfare. Lévi-Strauss’ theoretical position concerning binary oppositions offers a critique of the normative understanding of people in receipt of, delivering or posturing about the reasons why people received social welfare and/or benefits. It considers the power play that stems from these views using a range of examples from the Elizabethan Poor Law through the development of the welfare state and the divisive and pejorative views that are fostered to maintain ambivalence in support for social welfare. These discourses underpin debates through the subsequent chapters.
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