Contested welfare states : welfare attitudes in Europe and beyond / edited by Stefan Svallfors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Svallfors, Stefan.

Series:

Studies in Social Inequality

Studies in social inequality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Europe--Public opinion.

Public welfare.

Welfare state--Europe--Public opinion.

Welfare state.

Public opinion--Europe.

Public opinion.

Europe--Social policy--Public opinion.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Chapter One. Welfare States and Welfare Attitudes

Chapter Two. Welfare Performance and Welfare Support

Chapter Three. Attitudes Among High-Risk Groups

Chapter Four. A Normative Approach to Welfare Attitudes

Chapter Five. Unraveling Working-Class Welfare Chauvinism

Chapter Six. Age, Class, and Attitudes Toward Government Responsibilities

Chapter Seven. Framing Theory, Welfare Attitudes, and the United States Case

Chapter Eight. Welfare Attitudes in Context

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804783170

0804783179

OCLC:

808670671