This review examines policy feedback effects among the mass public, with a focus on social
policies in the United States and Europe. It shows that existing policies feed back into the …

Various authors point to the connection between public perceptions of poverty and
institutionalised strategies of dealing with the poor. The way the general public perceives the …

Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has
swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform …

This article challenges EP Thompson's definition of 'moral economy'as a traditional
consensus of crowd rights that were swept away by market forces. Instead, it suggests that …

The recent growth in research on “good governance” and the quality of government
institutions has been propelled by empirical findings that show that such institutions may …

The relationship between government, virtue, and wealth has held a special fascination
since Aristotle, and the importance of each frames policy debates today in both developed …

Although the idea that existing policies can have major effects on politics and policy
development is hardly new, the last three decades witnessed a major expansion of policy …

Why are people who live in liberal welfare regimes reluctant to support welfare policy? And
conversely, why are people who live in social democratic welfare regimes so keen to …

Since the debate about the importance of social capital and civil society for the quality of
democracy began, Scandinavia has caused problems. Observers have been bewildered by …

Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast
military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more …