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Lessons of Welfare: Policy Design, Political Learning, and Political Action

Soss, Joe·1999·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.2307/2585401
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Abstract

This article explores the links between welfare participation and broader forms of political involvement. Adopting a political learning perspective, I present evidence that policy designs structure clients' program experiences in ways that teach alternative lessons about the nature of government. Through their experiences under a given policy design, welfare clients develop program-specific beliefs about the wisdom and efficacy of asserting themselves. Because clients interpret their experiences with welfare bureaucracies as evidence of how government works more generally, beliefs about the welfare agency and client involvement become the basis for broader political orientations. I conclude that the views of government that citizens develop through program participation help explain broader patterns of political action and quiescence.

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Authors
Soss, J.
Affiliations
American University (US)
Corresponding author
Soss, Joe
ORCID
Soss, Joe
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1999-06
Volume
93
Issue
2
Pages
363-380
ISSN
  • 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5943
DOI
10.2307/2585401
OpenAlex
W2052125222
Cited by
815
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 43 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 23
FWCI
24.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5540 d)
Locations
  • American Political Science Review (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
Keywords
welfare participation, political learning, welfare clients, political participation, political action, client participation, welfare bureaucracy, political orientation

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