Motive Attribution and the Moral Politics of the Welfare State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2116064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Kevins (0000-0003-3172-6632, Utrecht University), Alexander Horn (0000-0001-8811-4958, Aarhus University), Carsten Jensen (0000-0002-4346-031X, Aarhus University), Kees Van Kersbergen (0000-0001-7607-2447, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 145-165 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279419000175 |
| OpenAlex | W2921249640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 48 |
This article explores the moral politics of the welfare state and the social conflicts that underlie them. We argue that existing research on the moralism of redistributive and social policy preferences is overly one-dimensional, with a longstanding concentration on attitudes toward welfare state beneficiaries. To widen our understanding of the phenomenon, we introduce the concept of motive attribution: that is, how people answer the question 'what drives others to take the positions that they hold?' Doing so allows us to shift the subject of moralistic attitudes, with a move toward uncovering what citizens think of those who hold a given social policy stance. The article then lays out a first systematic overview of motive attributions using an original dataset built from nationally representative surveys conducted in ten Western democracies. Comparing responses across these countries, we draw out important cross-national differences in ascribed motives, including within welfare state regime types
Attribution · Economics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · State (computer science) · Welfare · Welfare state · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |