Waiting for Godot? Welfare Attitudes in Portugal before and after the Financial Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345893 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mónica Brito Vieira (0000-0001-7714-9047, University of York, York, UK), F C Da Silva (0000-0003-2459-0802, University of Lisbon, corresponding author), Cicero Roberto Pereira (0000-0003-3406-3985, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 535-558 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032321716651653 |
| OpenAlex | W2339840819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
Do attitudes towards the welfare state change in response to economic crises? Addressing this question is sometimes difficult because of the lack of longitudinal data. This article deals with this empirical challenge using survey data from the 2008 European Social Survey and from our own follow-up survey of Spring 2013 to track welfare attitudes at the brink and at the peak of the socio-economic crisis in one of the hardest hit countries: Portugal. The literature on social policy preferences predicts an increased polarisation in opinions towards the welfare state between different groups within society – in particular between labour market insiders and outsiders. However, the prediction has scarcely been tested empirically. A notoriously dualised country, Portugal provides a critical setting in which to test this hypothesis. The results show attitudinal change, and this varies according to labour market vulnerability. However, we observe no polarisation and advance alternative explanations for why this is so
Crisis response · Economics · Empirical research · European Social Survey · Financial crisis · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Social Welfare · State (computer science · Survey data collection · Test (biology · Vulnerability (computing · Welfare · Welfare state · World Values Survey · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The Common Place of Law
Risks at Work
The South European Countries
Introduction
Inequality and Prosperity
The Politics of Advanced Capitalism
Sophie's Choice
Sustaining State Welfare in Hard Times
Changing coalitions in social policy reforms
A Comparison of Mass Attitudes Towards the Welfare State in Different Institutional Regimes, 1985-1990
Mild Mannered’? Protest and Mobilisation in Portugal under Austerity, 2010–2013
The "More for Less" Paradox
A Decade of System Justification Theory
Labour market- versus life course-related social policies
Risks and Redistribution
Is There a (Viable) Crucial-Case Method
The Insider–Outsider Dilemma
Social Policy by Popular Demand
Explaining Social Policy Preferences
The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality
Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting
An Asset Theory of Social Policy Preferences
What Moves Policy Sentiment
Insider-Outsider Politics in Industrialized Democracies
The Determinants of Public Attitudes toward the Welfare State
What Makes People Support Public Responsibility for Welfare Provision
Worlds of Welfare and Attitudes to Redistribution
The Welfare State or the Economy? Preferences, Constituencies, and Strategies for Retrenchment
Economic Conditions and Public Attitudes to Welfare Policies
Does Economic Hardship Lead to Polarisation of Opinions towards the Welfare State
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |