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Robert A. Pinker
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Professor of Social Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Author of The Idea of Welfare and others.

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Social service, any of numerous publicly or privately provided services intended to aid disadvantaged, distressed, or vulnerable persons or groups. The term social service also denotes the profession engaged in rendering such services. The social services have flourished in the 20th century as…
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