Regimes, Social Risks and the Welfare Mix

Unpacking Attitudes to Pensions and Childcare in Germany and the UK Through Deliberative Forums

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2116038
AutoresPeter Taylor-Gooby (0000-0002-4825-1250, University of Kent), Jan‐ocko Heuer (0000-0001-8334-0411, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jan-Ocko Heuer, Heejung Chung (0000-0002-6422-6119, University of Kent), Benjamin Leruth (0000-0002-1999-918X, University of Canberra), Steffen Mau (0000-0002-4771-1673, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Katharina Zimmermann (0000-0002-1074-3356, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Año2020
Volumen49
Número1
Páginas61-79
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s004727941800079x
OpenAlexW2905779154
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas46

Modern welfare regimes rest on a range of actors - state, market, family/households, employers and charities - but austerity programmes diminish the contribution of the state. While changes in this 'welfare mix' require support from the population, attitude studies have focused mainly on people's views on state responsibilities, using welfare regime theory to explain differences. This paper contributes to our understanding of the welfare mix by including other providers such as the market, the family or employers, and also introduces social risk theories, contrasting new and old risks. Regime theory implies differences will persist over time, but risk theory suggests that growing similarities in certain risks may tend to promote international convergence. This article examines attitudes to the roles of state, market, family, charity/community and employer for pension and childcare in Germany and the UK. We collected data using deliberative forums, a new method in social policy research that allows citizens space to pursue extended lightly moderated discussion and permits researchers to analyse people's justifications for their attitudes. Our research indicated patterns of convergence especially in preferences for childcare, but that regime predominates in people's justifications for their attitudes: regime differences in attitudes are resilient

Austerity · Convergence (economics) · Economic growth · Economics · Market economy · Pension · Political science · Politics · Population · Public economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Welfare · Welfare state · Finance · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies