Et essay om økonomisk ulighed, befolkningens forestillingsunivers og opbakningen til omfordelende velfærdspolitikker
In: Politica, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 400-415
ISSN: 2246-042X
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In: Politica, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 400-415
ISSN: 2246-042X
In: Politica, Volume 44, Issue 4, p. 488-504
ISSN: 2246-042X
In: Politica: tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, Volume 44, Issue 4, p. 488-504
ISSN: 0105-0710
In: Politica: tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 400-416
ISSN: 0105-0710
In: Scandinavian political studies: SPS ; a journal, Volume 34, Issue 4, p. 332-354
ISSN: 0080-6757
In: Scandinavian political studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, p. 332-353
ISSN: 1467-9477
The link between ethnic heterogeneity and public support for welfare policy is debated. The thesis of a negative relationship is supported by much American research. Historically the race issue has blocked a number of American welfare schemes; across the United States ethnically heterogeneous states have less generous benefits, and citizens having negative attitudes towards blacks often oppose welfare. The research question is: To what extent will increased ethnic heterogeneity in European countries establish the same mechanisms? Three theoretical positions are discussed: the position that the American experience is unique; the position that it is generalisable; and a middle position of it being contingent on institutional settings. The latter position predicts that the American experience can be avoided, especially in social democratic welfare regimes where the ethnicity issue has not been politicised. Empirically the article is based on survey data from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark, in which a number of American items were directly replicated. Despite indications of American uniqueness and welfare‐regime effects, the findings support the position that the in‐group/out‐group mechanisms found in the United States are being replicated in Europe.
In: Perspectives on politics, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 839-840
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 41, Issue 2, p. 145-168
ISSN: 0010-4140
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In: Journal of European social policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, p. 50-63
ISSN: 0958-9287
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In: Journal of European social policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, p. 50-63
ISSN: 1461-7269
Even though the shift from `passive' to `active' labour market policy exhibits large cross-national variations, all examples seem to share two common characteristics: (a) the first group exposed to the new policies and the group exposed to the harshest policies was young people on social assistance; and (b) as the target group gradually came to include `ordinary' unemployed people, most countries made exceptions for the oldest unemployed people. The article argues that this striking policy convergence has to do with the public perception of the target groups. The article substantiates this argument first, by giving a theoretical explanation for the different popular images of target groups, and second, by showing — using a national Australian sample — that these general popular images influence the way the public wants `active' labour market policy to be conducted.
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 839-840
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Issue 2, p. 145-168
ISSN: 1552-3829
Why are people who live in liberal welfare regimes so reluctant to support welfare policy? And why are people who live in social democratic welfare regimes so keen to support welfare policy? This article seeks to give an institutional account of these cross-national differences. Previous attempts to link institutions and welfare attitudes have not been convincing. The empirical studies have had large difficulties in finding the expected effects from regime-dependent differences in self-interest, class interest, and egalitarian values. This article develops a new theoretical macro-micro link by combining the literature on deservingness criteria and the welfare regime theory. The basic ideas are that three regime characteristics, (a) the degree of universalism in welfare policy, (b) the differences in economic resources between 'the bottom' and 'the majority,' and (c) the degree of job opportunities, have a profound impact on the public deservingness discussion and thereby on public support for welfare policy. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2007.]
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 839
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 41, Issue 2, p. 145-168
ISSN: 1552-3829
Why are people who live in liberal welfare regimes so reluctant to support welfare policy? And why are people who live in social democratic welfare regimes so keen to support welfare policy? This article seeks to give an institutional account of these cross-national differences. Previous attempts to link institutions and welfare attitudes have not been convincing. The empirical studies have had large difficulties in finding the expected effects from regime-dependent differences in self-interest, class interest, and egalitarian values. This article develops a new theoretical macro—micro link by combining the literature on deservingness criteria and the welfare regime theory. The basic ideas are that three regime characteristics, (a) the degree of universalism in welfare policy, (b) the differences in economic resources between "the bottom" and "the majority," and (c) the degree of job opportunities, have a profound impact on the public deservingness discussion and thereby on public support for welfare policy.
In: Comparative politics, Volume 40, Issue 1, p. 83-101
ISSN: 2151-6227