Does Welfare Provision Promote Democratic State Legitimacy? Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Família Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2963535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew L Layton (0000-0002-0728-5278, Ohio University), Maureen M Donaghy (0000-0002-9205-4414, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Lúcio R Rennó (0000-0002-0750-0943, Universidade de Brasília) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 99-120 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/laps.12035 |
| OpenAlex | W2767242981 |
| Language | IT |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 58 |
Conditional cash transfer programs may boost the electoral fortunes of incumbents among beneficiary groups, but do they also influence recipient attitudes toward state legitimacy? This article examines the relationship between Brazil's Bolsa Família program and recipients' sense of the Brazilian state's political legitimacy, from 2007 to 2014. Using AmericasBarometer data and propensity score matching, this study provides evidence that targeted cash benefits correlate with citizens' views of the state, but that this relationship is limited to increasing trust in core state institutions, local government, and incumbent political actors. Diffuse dimensions of regime legitimacy, including recipients' sense of political community, support for regime principles, and retrospective perceptions of national economic performance, are largely unaffected by the receipt of targeted benefits. Over time, the evidence also suggests that the impact of program receipt on these measures of support remains largely unchanged
Beneficiary · Cash transfers · Democracy · Economic growth · Economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Public economics · Receipt · Welfare · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Politics and Society in Latin America · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Accounting
Pro‐Poor Governance
Social Assistance Expansion and Political Inclusion in Latin America
Translating politics into policy implementation
Policy capacity
Social protection in Latin America
Gender and institutions moderate the relationship between conditional cash transfers and political participation
Varieties of Regulatory Welfare Regimes in Middle-Income Countries
Political Consequences of Welfare Regimes
Undermining Governors
Looking forward and looking backward
Mobility Interrupted
The Unintended Consequences of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs for Violence
Who Is Responsible for the Emergency Aid? Cash Transfer and Presidential Approval During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil
Does Welfare Provision Promote Democratic State Legitimacy? Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Família Program
Regulating the poor
Polyarchy
The Politics of Democratic Consolidation
Latin American Party Systems
Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America
Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices
Conditional Cash Transfers
Crafting Policies to End Poverty in Latin America
A systems analysis of political life
Critical Citizens
Just Institutions Matter
Grassroots Expectations of Democracy and Economy
The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America
Disciplining the Poor
Avoiding Governors
Social Policy and Vote in Brazil
Vote Buying in Argentina
Evaluating the Impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família
Opportunistic Government or Sustaining Reform? Electoral Trends and Public-Expenditure Patterns in Peru, 1990-1995
Bolsa família
Bolsa Família and the Shift in Lula’s Electoral Base, 2002–2006
Distributive Politics and Conditional Cash Transfers
Curbing Corruption Through Social Welfare Reform? The Effects of Mexico’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Good Government
Electoral Risk and Redistributive Politics in Mexico and the United States
Democratic Values and the Transformation of the Soviet Union
Does National Context Influence Democratic Satisfaction? A Multi-Level Analysis
Transforming Subjects into Citizens
Toward Consolidated Democracies
How People View Democracy
Public Opinion in New Democracies
Social Spending and Political Support
Incorporating Marginal Citizens and Voters
When Payouts Pay Off
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Affect Electoral Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico
Who Delivers? Partisan Clients in the Argentine Electoral Market
The Politics and Economics of Democratic Commitment
A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support
Whither Clientelism? Good Governance and Brazil's Bolsa Família Program
Dois Lulas
Bolsa Família e voto na eleição presidencial de 2006
Servindo a dois senhores
Making the Newest Citizens
Mobilidade social ascendente e voto
O social no governo Lula
Do conditional cash transfer programs shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF
Brazil's Bolsa Família
The President's 'New' Constituency
The Political Economy of Expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (Foncodes), 1991-95
Do Old Habits Die Hard? A Statistical Exploration of the Politicisation of Progresa, Mexico's Latest Federal Poverty-Alleviation Programme, under the Zedillo Administration
Rewarding Lula
Grassroots Expectations of Democracy and Economy
Clientelism and Social Funds
The Anti-Incumbent Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs
Does Welfare Provision Promote Democratic State Legitimacy? Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Família Program
Avoiding Governors
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |