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dc.contributor.authorREHM, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorHACKER, Jacob S.
dc.contributor.authorSCHLESINGER, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-05T09:53:33Z
dc.date.available2012-06-05T09:53:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationAmerican political science review, 2012, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 386-406en
dc.identifier.issn0003-0554
dc.identifier.issn1537-5943
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/22276
dc.descriptionPublished online: 22 May 2012
dc.description.abstractPopular support for the welfare state varies greatly across nations and policy domains. We argue that these variations—vital to understanding the politics of the welfare state—reflect in part the degree to which economic disadvantage (low income) and economic insecurity (high risk) are correlated. When the disadvantaged and insecure are mostly one and the same, the base of popular support for the welfare state is narrow. When the disadvantaged and insecure represent two distinct groups, popular support is broader and opinion less polarized. We test these predictions both across nations within a single policy area (unemployment insurance) and across policy domains within a single polity (the United States, using a new survey). Results are consistent with our predictions and are robust to myriad controls and specifications. When disadvantage and insecurity are more correlated, the welfare state is more contested.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.titleInsecure alliances : risk, inequality, and support for the Welfare Stateen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0003055412000147


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