Redistributive Justice: The Link between Public Policies and Preferences
A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 4396
Special Issue Editors
Interests: comparative politics; political economy; welfare state; quantitative methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The politics of welfare state reform have become the centre of the political debate in many countries in the wake of the great recession. At the same time, scholarship on the preferences for redistributive justice has shown that public support for welfare policies remains stable and strong in Western democracies. Although our understanding of citizens’ opinions toward redistribution has grown substantially in recent decades, it is still unclear how changes in public policies can affect redistributive preferences at the individual level. What are the specific mechanisms linking policy changes and support for redistributive principles? Do changes in the economic and political context reduce/increase support for specific welfare programs? Are traditional variables, such as social class and labour market position, still valid to explain preferences for redistribution? Do new cleavages emerge?
This Special Issue will address the link between changes in public policies and public preferences toward redistribution and specific welfare policies. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions. Theoretical works are expected to deal with the institutional or structural factors that shape the link between changes in public policies and changes in public opinion, but also with the psychological aspects of preference formation. Empirical works using either quantitative or qualitative approaches that focus on public preferences in any field of the welfare policies can be submitted. Both case studies and comparative studies analyzing the effects of contextual variables are of great interest. In addition, we are especially interested in the studies using experimental methodologies that focus on the preference of formation and causal mechanisms.
Prof. Dr. Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo
Prof. Dr. Inés Calzada
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- redistribution
- welfare policies
- public opinion
- redistributive principles
- political preferences
- experimental methods
- surveys
- comparative studies
