CONTESTED WELFARE STATES : Welfare Attitudes in Europe and Beyond /

CONTESTED WELFARE STATES : Welfare Attitudes in Europe and Beyond /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	STANFORD, CALIFORNIA : STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, [2012]
Description:	xix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in social inequality Studies in social inequality.
Subject:	Public welfare -- Europe -- Public opinion. Welfare state -- Europe -- Public opinion. Public opinion. Public welfare -- Public opinion. Social policy -- Public opinion. Welfare state -- Public opinion. Public opinion -- Europe. Europe -- Social policy -- Public opinion. Europe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8952506

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Other authors / contributors:	Svallfors, Stefan, editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780804782524 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804782520 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."--Publisher's website.
Standard no.:	100589739

Table of Contents:

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Chapter 1. Welfare States and Welfare Attitudes
Chapter 2. Welfare Performance and Welfare Support
Chapter 3. Attitudes Among High-Risk Groups
Chapter 4. A Normative Approach to Welfare Attitudes
Chapter 5. Unraveling Working-Class Welfare Chauvinism
Chapter 6. Age, Class, and Attitudes Toward Government Responsibilities
Chapter 7. Framing Theory, Welfare Attitudes, and the United States Case
Chapter 8. Welfare Attitudes in Context
Index