Group interests, individual attitudes : how group memberships shape attitudes towards the welfare state / Michael J. Donnelly.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191918681 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Welfare state -- Public opinion
| Social groups -- Political aspects | Distribution (Economic theory) -- Public opinion | Identity politicsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192896209DDC classification: 361.65 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: What drives support for or opposition to redistributive taxation and spending? Why is ethnic diversity associated with inequality and a lack of redistribution? This book argues that many individuals, recognising that they live in a world of uncertainty, use the groups of which they are a member as a heuristic to understand how welfare states are likely to impact them. This leads to reduced support for redistribution among the wealthy, whose disproportionate influence over policy in turn leads to less redistribution. The book develops the argument with a series of empirical implications, which are then tested using data from a variety of sources. It examines regional and ethnic politics in the United Kingdom, Germany, Slovakia, Canada, and Italy, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence, existing and new surveys, and observational and experimental methods.
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This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What drives support for or opposition to redistributive taxation and spending? Why is ethnic diversity associated with inequality and a lack of redistribution? This book argues that many individuals, recognising that they live in a world of uncertainty, use the groups of which they are a member as a heuristic to understand how welfare states are likely to impact them. This leads to reduced support for redistribution among the wealthy, whose disproportionate influence over policy in turn leads to less redistribution. The book develops the argument with a series of empirical implications, which are then tested using data from a variety of sources. It examines regional and ethnic politics in the United Kingdom, Germany, Slovakia, Canada, and Italy, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence, existing and new surveys, and observational and experimental methods.
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