Surveys are an essential approach for eliciting otherwise invisible factors such as
perceptions, knowledge and beliefs, attitudes, and reasoning. These factors are critical …

Conjoint analysis is a common tool for studying political preferences. The method
disentangles patterns in respondents' favorability toward complex, multidimensional objects …

Conjoint survey experiments have become a popular method for analyzing multidimensional
preferences in political science. If properly implemented, conjoint experiments can obtain …

A well-functioning democracy requires a degree of mutual respect and a willingness to talk
across political divides. Yet numerous studies have shown that many electorates are …

The study of subjective democratic legitimacy from a citizens' perspective has become an
important strand of research in political science. Echoing the well‐known distinction …

Even though social investment is highly popular, welfare state recalibration remains an
uphill battle. When resources are scarce in times of austerity, welfare recalibration involves …

Welfare state reform in times of austerity is notoriously difficult because most citizens oppose
retrenchment of social benefits. Governments, thus, tend to combine cutbacks with selective …

The issue of welfare targeting is back on the political agenda in European welfare states.
Benefit recipients are subject to different rules, depending on age, family status and work …

Why did the Eurozone crisis prove to be so difficult to resolve? Why was it resolved in a
manner in which some countries bore a much larger share of the pain than other countries …

Purpose In the social policy literature, it is often assumed that universal policies are more
popular than selective ones among the public, because they supposedly generate broader …