Moral economies of the welfare state: A qualitative comparative study
dc.contributor.author | Taylor-Gooby, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Hvinden, Bjørn | |
dc.contributor.author | Mau, Steffen | |
dc.contributor.author | Leruth, Benjamin | |
dc.contributor.author | Schoyen, Mi Ah | |
dc.contributor.author | Gyory, Adrienn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-19T08:21:21Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-02T13:35:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-19T08:21:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-02T13:35:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Taylor-Gooby P, Hvinden B, Mau S, Leruth B, Schoyen MA, Gyory. Moral economies of the welfare state: A qualitative comparative study. Acta Sociologica. 2018:1-16 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-6993 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-6993 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1502-3869 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6231 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses innovative democratic forums carried out in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom to examine people’s ideas about welfare-state priorities and future prospects. We use a moral economy framework in the context of regime differences and the move towards neo-liberalism across Europe. Broadly speaking, attitudes reflect regime differences,with distinctive emphasis on reciprocity and the value of work in Germany, inclusion and equality in Norway, and individual responsibility and the work-ethic in the UK. Neo-liberal market-centred ideas appear to have made little headway in regard to popular attitudes, except in the already liberal-leaning UK. There is also a striking assumption by UK participants that welfare is threatened externally by immigrants who take jobs from established workers and internally by the work-shy who undermine the work-ethic. A key role of the welfare state is repressive rather than enabling: to protect against threats to well-being rather than provide benefits for citizens. UK participants also anticipate major decline in state provision. In all three countries there is strong support for continuing and expanding social investment policies, but for different reasons: to enable contribution in Germany, to promote equality and mobility in Norway, and to facilitate self-responsibility in the UK. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | We are grateful to NORFACE for funding this research as part of the Welfare Futures project (grant no: 462-14-050). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Acta Sociologica; | |
dc.relation.uri | http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/asj/0/0 | |
dc.rights | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Welfare states | en |
dc.subject | Futures | en |
dc.subject | Democratic forums | en |
dc.subject | Moral economies | en |
dc.subject | Neo-liberalism | en |
dc.title | Moral economies of the welfare state: A qualitative comparative study | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2018-06-19T08:21:21Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1591259 | |
dc.source.journal | Acta Sociologica | |
dc.relation.projectID | EU: 462-14-050 NORFACE |
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