Social justice, legitimacy and the welfare state / edited by Steffen Mau and Benjamin Veghte.
| Other author | Mau, Steffen, 1968- |
| Other author | Veghte, Benjamin. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007. |
| Description | xviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : social justice, legitimacy and the welfare state / Steffen Mau and Benjamin Veghte -- Welfare-attitude formation from a cross-national perspective -- Social stratification and political articulation : why attitudinal class differences vary across countries / Staffan Kumlin and Stefan Svallfors -- Who supports the welfare state? : determinants of preferences concerning redistribution / Phillip Rehm -- Are the 'deserving needy' really deserving everywhere? : cross-cultural heterogeneity and popular support for the old and the sick in eight Western countries / Mads Meier Jæger -- Burdens and benefits : the justice perspective -- When is a taxation system just? : attitudes towards general taxation principles and towards the justice of one's own tax burden / Stefan Liebig and Steffen Mau -- The moral economy of poverty : on the conditionality of public support for social assistance schemes / Patrick Sachweh, Carsten G. Ulrich and Bernhard Christoph -- Political factors shaping welfare attitudes -- Social policy preferences, national defense and political polarization in the United States / Benjamin Veghte, Greg M. Shaw and Robert Y. Shapiro -- Populist challenges to the welfare state in Belgium : on the susceptibility of the underprivileged for anti-welfare state discourse and politics / Anton Derks -- The welfare state consensus in Israel : placing class politics in context / Michael Shalev -- The challenge of social and ethnic diversity -- Multi-level determinants of the public's informal solidarity towards immigrants in European welfare states / Wim van Oorschot and Wilfred Uunk -- Legitimacy of welfare states in transitions from homogeneity to multiculturality : a matter of trust / Knut Halvorsen -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007002016 |
| ISBN | 9780754649397 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754649393 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC 479 .S6216 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |