On support for welfare state reforms and deservingness in the Netherlands

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ID6326977
AuthorsJudith Raven (0000-0002-4112-6959, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), P Achterberg (0000-0002-2365-6382, Tilburg University Rotterdam, the Netherlands), Romke Van Der Veen (0000-0002-3486-5868, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Year2015
Volume43
Issue1
Pages61-79
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557314x13904873690444
OpenAlexW2335703364
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Since the mid-1980s, welfare state arrangements have become increasingly conditional and austere. Simultaneously, deservingness perceptions have become increasingly important. This paper examines preferences as to which social categories contemporary welfare state reforms should target. Using unique data from a 2006 Dutch survey, the results reveal that the Dutch discern two principles of welfare state reforms – the first tapping into distributive reforms – decreasing redistribution, the latter tapping into commodifying reforms – increasing recommodification. Moreover, the level of people's identification with social categories explains why the public prefers commodifying reform to be intensively targeted at some social categories, but not at others

Political science · Redistribution (election · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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