There has been an impressive stride in the research on policy feedback effects on mass
publics over recent years. However, we lack systematic evidence on how large such policy …

" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

Analyzing the 2008 wave of the European Social Survey, this study assesses whether an
elaborate institutional theory is able to explain why levels of welfare chauvinism differ …

The second edition of this popular textbook combines coverage of public policies in different
countries with the conceptual and methodological frameworks for analysing them. This new …

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 …

Based on data from the 2004 and 2010 European Social Survey, this multidisciplinary and
cross-national comparative study investigates the relationship between financial hardship …

This important book builds a bridge between the literature on popular welfare deservingness
and social welfare policies. It examines the relationship between the two, exploring the close …

Long-term trends in deservingness opinions and how these fluctuate in relation to changes
in the economic, institutional and political contexts have not often been examined. In this …

A recurring theme in welfare state research is that public support for social welfare is related
to the institutional design of welfare policies. However, strong empirical evidence for the …

It is a perennial issue in the public and the scientific debate whether increased pressures to
reform due to the financial crisis or population ageing erode welfare state support …