of a larger European stratification. Our analysis leads us to reject both versions of the thesis. Material deprivation … inequality is raising issues relating to both national and transnational forms of legitimacy, it is important to understand that …

and material deprivation in the European Union in the context of recent suggestions that insufficient attention has been … of legitimacy afforded to ensuing demands. While an EU-wide income-threshold can provide information regarding progress …

and material deprivation in the European Union in the context of recent suggestions that insufficient attention has been … of legitimacy afforded to ensuing demands. While an EU-wide income-threshold can provide information regarding progress …

This paper attempts to explicitly integrate the idea of reference group when measuring relative deprivation. It assumes … such as human capital, household attributes and location. We therefore propose to measure relative deprivation by comparing … deprivation our measure takes into account not only the difference between the actual and "expected" individual incomes but also …

capture the fact that between economic cluster differences in life-style deprivation are sharper at lower income levels … enlargement as such. Instead the major problem involves the weak association between income and deprivation in the more affluent …

Housing deprivation orderings raise challenges as far as measurement is concerned. The first challengeresides in the … identification of an adequate variable that characterizes housing services consumed byhouseholds. Another challenge may arise in the … comparisons of housing services consumption betweenhouseholds of different sizes and composition. The last challenge may arise in …