UID:
edocfu_9959227971102883
Format:
1 online resource (271 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-8317-9
Series Statement:
Studies in social inequality
Content:
The welfare state is a trademark of the European social model. An extensive set of social and institutional actors provides protection against common risks, offering economic support in periods of hardship and ensuring access to care and services. Welfare policies define a set of social rights and address common vulnerabilities to protect citizens from market uncertainties. But over recent decades, European welfare states have undergone profound restructuring and recalibration. This book analyzes people's attitudes toward welfare policies across Europe, and offers a novel comparison with the United States. Occupied with normative orientations toward the redistribution of resources and public policies aimed at ameliorating adverse conditions, the book focuses on the interplay between individual welfare attitudes and behavior, institutional contexts, and structural variables. It provides essential input into the comparative study of welfare state attitudes and offers critical insights into the public legitimacy of welfare state reform.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Tables and Figures --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contributors --
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Chapter One. Welfare States and Welfare Attitudes --
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Chapter Two. Welfare Performance and Welfare Support --
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Chapter Three. Attitudes Among High-Risk Groups --
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Chapter Four. A Normative Approach to Welfare Attitudes --
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Chapter Five. Unraveling Working-Class Welfare Chauvinism --
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Chapter Six. Age, Class, and Attitudes Toward Government Responsibilities --
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Chapter Seven. Framing Theory, Welfare Attitudes, and the United States Case --
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Chapter Eight. Welfare Attitudes in Context --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8047-8252-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
DOI:
10.1515/9780804783170
