How can we explain the persuasiveness of populist messages, and who are most
susceptible to their effects? These questions remain largely unanswered in extant research …

Existing research analyzes the effects of cross‐national and temporal variation in income
inequality on public opinion; however, research has failed to explore the impact of variation …

Welfare deservingness opinions help explain welfare attitudes and hence are crucial for
understanding the social legitimacy of the welfare state. However, even when considering …

Rising levels of income inequality in almost all industrialized countries as a consequence of
globalization and de-industrialization might lead one to assume that voters will demand …

One proposition of the popular median-voter hypothesis is a positive relationship between
demand for redistribution and levels of inequality. However, empirical evidence of this …

The idea of a universal basic income (BI) is both radical and simple. Obtaining a sufficient
citizenship-based income without work obligations is fundamentally opposing the …

While it is becoming increasingly evident that environmental problems such as climate
change and global warming constitute existential threats to human societies, these problems …

This article investigates whether self-interest as compared with values or ideological
dispositions shapes individual attitudes towards the welfare state. Causal interpretations of …

A steadily growing number of studies investigate how popular support for social policies
targeting particular groups is rooted in citizens' deservingness opinions. According to theory …

Highlights•Lower income groups tend to be more supportive of redistributive policies than
higher income groups.•Self-interest does not adequately explain class-based policy …