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The personal and the political : how personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology / Staffan Kumlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kumlin, Staffan.
- Series:
- Political evolution and institutional change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state--Sweden.
- Welfare state.
- Party affiliation.
- Trust.
- Allegiance.
- Sweden.
- Allegiance--Sweden.
- Trust--Sweden.
- Party affiliation--Sweden.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- Summary:
- In this close examination of the interplay between welfare state institutions and the evolution of public opinion, Kumlin advances our understanding of how citizens' attitudes toward the welfare state and the political system develop. Kumlin's theoretical framework incorporates insights from a multitude of research traditions -- including research on voting behavior, social psychology, rational choice theory, political psychology, and institutional theory. The theoretical contribution is matched by a close examination of surveys of trust in government and support for democracy measures showing that people's views are constructed and influenced by their experiences with and assessments of public services and welfare state provisions -- including health services, schools, transportation, and income programs like pensions, student aid, and unemployment insurance. This book will be valuable to political scientists and sociologists studying public opinion, political participation, and welfare state politics.
- Contents:
- Research Problems 1
- 1 The Personal and the Political 3
- Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses 21
- 2 Self-Interest and Social Justice 23
- 3 The Institutional Interface 49
- 4 Political Trust and Ideology 64
- Findings 91
- 5 The Data and the Case 93
- 6 The Welfare State and the Economy 105
- 7 Self-Interest 122
- 8 Distributive Justice 144
- 9 Voice 164
- 10 The Customer, the User, and the Client 184
- Implications 197
- 11 The Personal and the Political Revisited 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403964513
- OCLC:
- 53058944
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