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Security, Equality, Opportunity

Taylor-Gooby, Peter (2011) Security, Equality, Opportunity. Journal of European Social Policy, 21 (2). pp. 150-163. ISSN 0958-9287. (doi:10.1177/0958928710385735) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:26161)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928710385735

Abstract

Welfare states face pressures from various directions. This paper uses data from the 2008 European Social Survey to consider whether citizen attitudes will provide continuing support for the welfare state in more difficult times. Sustainability requires current support for the idea that government should be responsible for provision. It also depends upon trust that government can and will continue to deliver good quality services that will meet people’s needs in an uncertain future. The analysis takes into account the extent to which welfare states are successful in providing citizens with security, equality of outcome and better opportunities, using multi-level models. Individual characteristics are most important in explaining both support and trust. At the national level, the data indicates that opportunity is understood more in terms of collective policies to mitigate disadvantage rather than individual policies to strengthen incentives. Support for and trust in the welfare state pull in opposite directions: greater security weakens support but reinforces trust. Pressures on state welfare may diminish the feeling of security so that support for state provision grows, but does so in a climate of more equivocal trust in government services.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0958928710385735
Additional information: Correction published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928711424822
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Peter Taylor-Gooby
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2010 15:40 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/26161 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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