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Why Welfare States Persist - The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies (Paperback, New edition)
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Why Welfare States Persist - The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
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The world's richer democracies all provide such public benefits as
pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than
others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures,
has the welfare state not been replaced by another model?
Reconsidering the myriad issues raised by such pressing questions,
Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza contend here that public opinion has
been an important, yet neglected, factor in shaping welfare states
in recent decades.
Analyzing data on sixteen countries, Brooks and Manza find that the
preferences of citizens profoundly influence the welfare policies
of their governments and the behavior of politicians in office.
Shaped by slow-moving forces such as social institutions and
collective memories, these preferences have counteracted global
pressures that many commentators assumed would lead to the welfare
state's demise. Moreover, Brooks and Manza show that cross-national
differences in popular support help explain why Scandinavian social
democracies offer so much more than liberal democracies such as the
United States and the United Kingdom.
Significantly expanding our understanding of both public opinion
and social policy in the world's most developed countries, this
landmark study will be essential reading for scholars of political
economy, public opinion, and democratic theory.
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