The risk of social policy? : the electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries / / Nathalie Giger |
Autore | Giger Nathalie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.9 |
Collana | Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare state - OECD countries
Labor policy - OECD countries Socialism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-10495-4
9786613104953 1-136-84979-3 0-203-83448-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The 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
3 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 4.5 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 7.2 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 9 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460239103321 |
Giger Nathalie | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The risk of social policy? : the electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries / / Nathalie Giger |
Autore | Giger Nathalie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.9 |
Collana | Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare state - OECD countries
Labor policy - OECD countries Socialism |
ISBN |
1-283-10495-4
9786613104953 1-136-84979-3 0-203-83448-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The 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
3 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 4.5 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 7.2 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 9 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789606703321 |
Giger Nathalie | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The risk of social policy? : the electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries / / Nathalie Giger |
Autore | Giger Nathalie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.9 |
Collana | Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare state - OECD countries
Labor policy - OECD countries Socialism |
ISBN |
1-283-10495-4
9786613104953 1-136-84979-3 0-203-83448-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The 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
3 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 4.5 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 7.2 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 9 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808481803321 |
Giger Nathalie | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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