Group interests, individual attitudes

• Verfasst von: Donnelly, Michael J. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Group interests, individual attitudes
• Titelzusatz: how group memberships shape attitudes towards the welfare state
• Verf.angabe: Michael J. Donnelly
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (258 Seiten)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online : Political Science
• ISBN: 978-0-19-191868-1
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780192896209.001.0001
• Schlagwörter: (s)Wohlfahrtsstaat / (s)Gruppe / (s)Öffentliche Meinung / (s)Umverteilung
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Donnelly, Michael J.: Group interests, individual attitudes. - First edition. - Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021. - xiii, 258 Seiten
• K10plus-PPN: 1764962680
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Abstract

What drives support for or opposition to redistributive taxation and spending? Why is ethnic diversity associated with inequality and a lack of redistribution? This book argues that many individuals, recognising that they live in a world of uncertainty, use the groups of which they are a member as a heuristic to understand how welfare states are likely to impact them. This leads to reduced support for redistribution among the wealthy, whose disproportionate influence over policy in turn leads to less redistribution. The book develops the argument with a series of empirical implications, which are then tested using data from a variety of sources. It examines regional and ethnic politics in the United Kingdom, Germany, Slovakia, Canada, and Italy, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence, existing and new surveys, and observational and experimental methods.