The Personal and the Political. How Personal Welfare State Experiences Affect Political Trust and Ideology.
Staffan Kumlin
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Paperback. A pioneering investigation into the foundations of personal political attitudes as affected by direct experiences with state provision of services. Series: Political Evolution & Institutional Change. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This study investigates the extent to which personal welfare state experiences affect general political orientations and attitudes. What are the political effects when a person is discontent with some aspect of, say, the particular health services or the public kindergartens that she has been in personal contact with? Do they lose faith in the welfare state or in leftist ideas about large-scale state intervention in society? Do they take their negative experiences as a sign that the political system and its politicians are not functioning satisfactorily? Will their inclination to support the governing party drop? And if so, how strong ... Read more
This study investigates the extent to which personal welfare state experiences affect general political orientations and attitudes. What are the political effects when a person is discontent with some aspect of, say, the particular health services or the public kindergartens that she has been in personal contact with? Do they lose faith in the welfare state or in leftist ideas about large-scale state intervention in society? Do they take their negative experiences as a sign that the political system and its politicians are not functioning satisfactorily? Will their inclination to support the governing party drop? And if so, how strong ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Political Evolution & Institutional Change
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349528172
SKU
V9781349528172
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99-15
About Staffan Kumlin
STAFFAN KUMLIN is a Research Fellow and Teacher in the Department of Political Science at Göteborg University, Sweden. His research interests include public opinion formation and comparative political behavior. He has been visiting Fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). His work has previously appeared in Restructuring the Welfare State (edited by Bo Rothstein and Sven Steinmo, Palgrave ... Read more
Reviews for The Personal and the Political. How Personal Welfare State Experiences Affect Political Trust and Ideology.
"If you want the deep background on the latest thinking on how attitudes towards political trust and democratic support are affected by citizens' welfare state experiences, you need look no further than this well-written, thorough, meticulously-researched and thoughtful book. This is a consummate scholarly performance grounded in extremely readable prose, systematic in its presentation from theory to analysis and conclusions." ... Read more