Political Competition and Unequal Social Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margitta Mätzke (University of Göttingen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x1000022x |
| OpenAlex | W2100976052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 38 |
Major social reforms affect the extent to which social rights are granted widely and equally or selectively and in a manner re-enforcing social stratification. Thus, they affect the amount of institutionally sanctioned inequality in a welfare state. This paper seeks to explain the politics of making decisions about unequal social rights. It emphasizes the importance of studying the substantive contents of the policy changes that are on the reform agenda; the kind of actors involved in reform controversies; and the kind of demands they raise. Which actors involved prevail in these controversies, however, is a function of the dynamic of political competition at the time of legislative decision-making. That dynamic tends to be centrifugal; it empowers groups at strategic positions in the political constellation. The paper develops analytical categories for capturing both typological distinctions of substantive policy contents and the empowering dynamic. It demonstrates the significance of this model by analyzing four instances of major welfare reform in Germany
Affect (linguistics · Competition (biology · Economic system · Economics · Inequality · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social rights · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare state · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |