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When Explanations for Poverty Help Explain Social Policy Preferences: the Case of European Public Opinion Amidst the Economic Recession (2009-2014)
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Abstract Individuals hold beliefs about what causes poverty, and those beliefs have been theorized to explain policy preferences and ultimately cross-country variations in welfare states. However, there has been little empirical work on the effects of poverty attributions on welfare state attitudes. We seek ... view more
Individuals hold beliefs about what causes poverty, and those beliefs have been theorized to explain policy preferences and ultimately cross-country variations in welfare states. However, there has been little empirical work on the effects of poverty attributions on welfare state attitudes. We seek to fill this gap by making use of Eurobarometer data from 27 European countries in the years 2009, 2010 and 2014 to explore the effects of poverty attributions on judgments about economic inequality as well as preferences regarding the welfare state. Relying on a four-type typology of poverty attribution which includes individual fate, individual blame, social fate and social blame as potential explanations for poverty, our analyses show that these poverty attributions are associated with judgments about inequality and broadly defined support for the welfare state, but have little or no effect on more concrete policy proposals such as unemployment benefits or increase of social welfare at the expense of higher taxes.... view less
Keywords
Eurobarometer; economic crisis; recession; twenty-first century; Europe; poverty; welfare state; social policy; attitude; public opinion
Classification
Social Psychology
Social Problems
Free Keywords
poverty attributions; Eurobarometer 72.1 (Aug-Sep 2009) (ZA4975); Eurobarometer 74.1 (AUG-SEP 2010) (ZA5237); Eurobarometer 81.5 (2014) (ZA5929)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 428-459
Journal
Social Justice Research, 34 (2021) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-021-00381-0
ISSN
1573-6725
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed