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Welfare State Deservingness of Immigrants in Germany: Examining Deservingness Rankings and the Role of Identity
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"Fördern und Fordern" im Diskurs: Einstellungen in der Bevölkerung zu Hartz IV und aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Abstract In the 'deservingness literature', it is argued that people use five criteria to discern whether an individual deserves to receive social welfare: control, need, identity, attitude, and reciprocity. Regarding welfare support, the public usually views immigrants as the least deserving group compared ... view more
In the 'deservingness literature', it is argued that people use five criteria to discern whether an individual deserves to receive social welfare: control, need, identity, attitude, and reciprocity. Regarding welfare support, the public usually views immigrants as the least deserving group compared to the sick, the elderly, and the unemployed. There has been an ongoing debate about the role that the 'identity' criterion plays for immigrants' position. Using a vignette design, this paper proposes the existence of at least three types of deservingness rankings regarding immigrants in Germany - a core nationalistic deservingness ranking, a European Union deservingness ranking, and a differentiating deservingness ranking. At the same time, it identifies a universalistic counter-discourse. The results indicate that identity often plays a role either within a pure identity discourse or a combined discourse; only an anti-identity discourse seems to negate the role of identity.... view less
Keywords
immigration; social assistance; insurance claim; identity; public opinion; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Social Security
Free Keywords
welfare state deservingness; immigrants; deservingness criteria; social welfare
Collection Title
"Fördern und Fordern" im Diskurs: Einstellungen in der Bevölkerung zu Hartz IV und aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Editor
Zimmermann, Katharina; Heuer, Jan-Ocko
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
City
Opladen
Page/Pages
p. 109-128
Series
Soziologiemagazin : publizieren statt archivieren ; Sonderheft, 5
ISBN
978-3-8474-2300-3
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed