LEADER 05467oam 2200721I 450 001 9910789606703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-10495-4 010 $a9786613104953 010 $a1-136-84979-3 010 $a0-203-83448-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203834480 035 $a(CKB)2670000000082347 035 $a(EBL)668843 035 $a(OCoLC)712037556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297840 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435861 035 $a(PQKB)11194549 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL668843 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10462485 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310495 035 $a(PPN)19845564X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000082347 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe risk of social policy? $ethe electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries /$fNathalie Giger 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ;$v13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-88217-8 311 $a0-415-59198-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Risk of Social Policy? The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries; Contents; Copyright; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research question; 1.2 Structure of the book; 2 Welfare state research:the theoretical background for the research question; 2.1 Theories of welfare state development; 2.2 Empirical development of Western welfare states; 2.3 Public support for the welfare state; 2.4 My research question embedded in the welfare state literature 327 $a3 Electoral research and issue voting:the theoretical background for the analyses3.1 Issue voting theory; 3.2 Categorizations of issue effects; 3.3 Issue salience, attitude accessibility and the link between attitudes and behaviour; 3.4 Empirical evidence for issue voting; 3.5 Some concluding remarks; 3.6 My research question in an electoral research framework; 4 The context:more theoretical background for the analyses; 4.1 Individuals nested in contexts; 4.2 The clarity of responsibility; 4.3 The welfare state environment; 4.4 The electoral campaign 327 $a4.5 The context and implications for my research question5 Research strategy, design and method; 5.1 Elaboration of research steps and main hypotheses; 5.2 Research strategy; 5.3 Research design: data and time period; 5.4 Two theoretical models; 5.5 Practical issues: the theoretical models and the actual data; 5.6 Method; 6 The salience and performance of social policy in times of permanent austerity; 6.1 The salience of social policy; 6.2 The performance of social policy; 6.3 Summary; 7 The impact of social policy attitudes on the incumbent vote; 7.1 The impact of social policy salience 327 $a7.2 The impact of social policy performance7.3 The impact of social policy salience and performance on defection from incumbent vote; 7.4 Summary of evidence of social policy attitudes; 7.5 The impact of the context on the relationship between social policy attitudes and the incumbent vote; 7.6 Summary of evidence for contextual influences; 8 Welfare state retrenchment and the incumbent performance in social policy; 8.1 Individual- level factors and contextual controls; 8.2 The influence of welfare state reforms; 8.3 Summary 327 $a9 Re-election at stake?The impact of social policy on the election outcome9.1 The relative influence of the issue of social policy; 9.2 The relative influence of social policy performance; 9.3 Welfare state retrenchment and the campaign salience of social policy; 9.4 The influence of social policy on real-world government composition; 9.5 Summary; 10 Discussion of results and conclusion; 10.1 Joint discussion of results; 10.2 General implications for the literature; 10.3 Future research proposals; Notes; References; Index 330 $aThe Risk of Social Policy? uses a comparative perspective to systematically analyse the effects of social policy reforms and welfare state retrenchment on voting choice for the government. It re-examines twenty elections in OECD countries to show if and how social policy issues drive elections.This book contributes to the existing literature by providing an empirical analysis of the electoral implications of social policy. Giger asks the basic research question: What are the electoral consequences of social policy performance and retrenchment? More specifically, the followin 410 0$aRoutledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ;$v13. 606 $aWelfare state$zOECD countries 606 $aLabor policy$zOECD countries 606 $aSocialism 607 $aOECD countries$xSocial policy 615 0$aWelfare state 615 0$aLabor policy 615 0$aSocialism. 676 $a324.9 700 $aGiger$b Nathalie.$01512072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789606703321 996 $aThe risk of social policy$93745735 997 $aUNINA