Why Welfare States Persist: The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies

Historical Decline or Change of Scale?

Moschonas, G. (2011) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822394518-003 · Cited by 34

Anti‐Immigrant Sentiment and the Adoption of State Immigration Policy

Butz, A. M., & Kehrberg, J. E. (2019) · Policy Studies Journal · doi:10.1111/psj.12326 · Cited by 35

Occupy Youth!

Hemment, J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108784146.007 · Cited by 34

The Political Context and Infant Health in the United States

Torche, F., & Rauf, T. (2021) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.1177/00031224211000710 · Cited by 40

Sharing the Rewards, Dividing the Costs? The Electoral Consequences of Social Pacts and Legislative Reform in Western Europe

Hamann, K., Johnston, A. L., Κατσανίδου, Α., Kelly, J., & Pollock, P. H. (2014) · West European Politics · doi:10.1080/01402382.2014.911481 · Cited by 32

Policy Feedback and Government Responsiveness in a Comparative Perspective

Busemeyer, M. R. (2022) · Politische Vierteljahresschrift · doi:10.1007/s11615-022-00377-8 · Cited by 44

New contexts, different patterns? A comparative analysis of social spending and government health expenditure in Latin America and the OECD

Noy, S. (2011) · International Journal of Comparative Sociology · doi:10.1177/0020715211408760 · Cited by 32

Preferences on Redistribution in Fragmented Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berens, S. (2015) · Journal of Politics in Latin America · doi:10.1177/1866802x1500700304 · Cited by 32

How governments strategically time welfare state reform legislation: empirical evidence from five European countries

Wenzelburger, G., Jensen, C., Lee, S., & Arndt, C. (2019) · West European Politics · doi:10.1080/01402382.2019.1668245 · Cited by 23

Welfare state reforms and mass media attention: Evidence from three European democracies

Jensen, C., & Wenzelburger, G. (2021) · European Journal of Political Research · doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12435 · Cited by 32

Policy feedback and economic risk: the influence of privatization on social policy preferences

Zhu, L., & Lipsmeyer, C. S. (2015) · Journal of European Public Policy · doi:10.1080/13501763.2015.1031159 · Cited by 33

Health and the Social Rights of Citizenship: Integrating Welfare-State Theory and Medical Sociology

Ólafsdóttir, S., & Beckfield, J. (2010) · Handbooks of sociology and social research · doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7261-3_6 · Cited by 32

The perceived deservingness of COVID-19 healthcare in the Netherlands: a conjoint experiment on priority access to intensive care and vaccination

Reeskens, T., Roosma, F., & Wanders, E. (2021) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10488-3 · Cited by 32

The Politics of Economic Inequality

Brady, D., & Sosnaud, B. (2009) · Handbooks of sociology and social research · doi:10.1007/978-0-387-68930-2_28 · Cited by 31

Citizenship beyond politics: the importance of political, civil and social rights and responsibilities among women and men1

Bolzendahl, C., & Coffé, H. (2009) · British Journal of Sociology · doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01274.x · Cited by 31

The Neo-Marxist Legacy in American Sociology

Manza, J., & McCarthy, M. A. (2011) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150145 · Cited by 31

Out of many, one? U.S. sub-national political-economies in the post-welfare reform era

Bjorklund, E. T. (2017) · Socio-Economic Review · doi:10.1093/ser/mwx018 · Cited by 29

Responsiveness, If You Can Afford It: Policy Responsiveness in Good and Bad Economic Times

Ezrow, L., Hellwig, T. T., & Fenzl, M. (2019) · The Journal of Politics · doi:10.1086/707524 · Cited by 29

Election campaign agendas, government partisanship, and the welfare state

Jakobsson, N., & Kumlin, S. (2015) · European Political Science Review · doi:10.1017/s175577391500034x · Cited by 29

Welfare Chauvinism in the Face of Ethnic Diversity: A Vignette Experiment across Diverse and Homogenous Neighbourhoods on the Perceived Deservingness of Native and Foreign-Born Welfare Claimants

van der Meer, T., & Reeskens, T. (2020) · European Sociological Review · doi:10.1093/esr/jcaa037 · Cited by 32

Has support for Social Security declined? Attitudes toward the public pension scheme in the USA, 2000 and 2010

Quadagno, J. S., & Pederson, J. G. (2012) · International Journal of Social Welfare · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00877.x · Cited by 29

Black women, victimization, and the limitations of the liberal state

Threadcraft, S. A., & Miller, L. L. (2017) · Theoretical Criminology · doi:10.1177/1362480617724828 · Cited by 28

Two decades after Korpi and Palme’s “paradox of redistribution”: What have we learned so far and where do we take it from here?

Gugushvili, D., & Laenen, T. (2021) · Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy · doi:10.1017/ics.2020.24 · Cited by 29

Differences That Matter: Overcoming Methodological Nationalism in Comparative Social Policy Research

Greer, S. L., Elliott, H. A., & Oliver, R. (2015) · Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice · doi:10.1080/13876988.2015.1060713 · Cited by 28

Political sophistication affects how citizens’ social policy preferences respond to the economy

Kölln, A. (2017) · West European Politics · doi:10.1080/01402382.2017.1332314 · Cited by 27

The Policy Design Effect: Proximity as a Micro‐level Explanation of the Effect of Policy Designs on Social Benefit Attitudes

Hedegaard, T. F. (2014) · Scandinavian Political Studies · doi:10.1111/1467-9477.12022 · Cited by 28

Fiscal policy preferences, trade-offs, and support for social investment

Bremer, B., & Busemeyer, M. R. (2022) · Journal of Public Policy · doi:10.1017/s0143814x22000095 · Cited by 25

Governing Sustainability: Why Democracy Enhances Social ESG but Weakens Environmental and Governance Outcomes

Leung, C. K., & Ko, J. (2025) · Environment Innovation and Management · doi:10.1142/s3060901125500048 · Cited by 26

The Australian Welfare State and the Neoliberalism Thesis

Fenna, A., & Tapper, A. (2012) · Australian Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1080/10361146.2012.677007 · Cited by 26

The power of popular opinion in everyday primary care provision in urban India

Gore, R. (2018) · Global Public Health · doi:10.1080/17441692.2018.1464587 · Cited by 26

The Religious Context of Welfare Attitudes

VanHeuvelen, T. (2014) · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · doi:10.1111/jssr.12118 · Cited by 25

The Limit of Equality Projects

Lee, C.-S., Kim, Y.-B., & Shim, J.-M. (2011) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.1177/0003122410396195 · Cited by 20

The weakest link in welfare state legitimacy: European perceptions of moral and administrative failure in the targeting of social benefits

Roosma, F., van Oorschot, W., & Gelissen, J. (2014) · International Journal of Comparative Sociology · doi:10.1177/0020715214565932 · Cited by 31

Regimes and cultures of social security: Comparing institutional models through nonlinear PCA

Vrooman, J. C. (2012) · International Journal of Comparative Sociology · doi:10.1177/0020715212469512 · Cited by 27

Guns, Butter, and Growth: The Consequences of Military Spending Reconsidered

Carter, J., Ondercin, H. L., & Palmer, G. (2020) · Political Research Quarterly · doi:10.1177/1065912919890417 · Cited by 26

Citizen Evaluations of Federalism and the Importance of Trust in the Federation Government for Opinions on Regional Equity and Subordination in Four Countries

Kincaid, J., & Cole, R. L. (2015) · Publius The Journal of Federalism · doi:10.1093/publius/pjv039 · Cited by 24

Support for behavioral nudges versus alternative policy instruments and their perceived fairness and efficacy

John, P. C., Martin, A., & Mikołajczak, G. (2022) · Regulation & Governance · doi:10.1111/rego.12460 · Cited by 25

The Politics of Social Protection During Times of Crisis

Blofield, M., Pribble, J., & Giambruno, C. (2023) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009416023 · Cited by 22

Credit-Claiming or Blame Avoidance? Comparing the Relationship between Welfare State Beliefs and the Framing of Social Policy Retrenchment in France and Germany

Nelson, M. (2015) · Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice · doi:10.1080/13876988.2015.1005928 · Cited by 22

Measuring Personal Economic Hardship and Its Impact on Political Trust During the Great Recession

Tormos, R. (2019) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02082-3 · Cited by 25

Self‐Employed without Employees: Managing Risks in Modern Capitalism

Dekker, F. (2010) · Politics & Policy · doi:10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00257.x · Cited by 28

Logics of Redistribution

Brown, H. E., & Best, R. K. (2016) · Sociological Perspectives · doi:10.1177/0731121416656843 · Cited by 21

European Center-Lefts and the Mazes of European Integration

Ross, G. (2011) · Duke University Press eBooks · doi:10.1215/9780822394518-013 · Cited by 21

Exploring the ‘Something for Nothing’ Syndrome: Confused Citizens or Free Riders? Evidence from S weden

Edlund, J., & Sevä, I. J. (2012) · Scandinavian Political Studies · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9477.2012.00300.x · Cited by 22

State-Mobilized Movements after Annexation of Crimea

Greene, S. A., & Robertson, G. B. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108784146.008 · Cited by 22

Trends in Public Support for Welfare Spending: How the Economy Matters

Wlezien, C. B., & Soroka, S. (2019) · British Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1017/s0007123419000103 · Cited by 20

Explaining patterns of support for the provision of citizen welfare

Kaltenthaler, K., & Ceccoli, S. J. (2008) · Journal of European Public Policy · doi:10.1080/13501760802310561 · Cited by 21

Attitudinal Consistency in Citizens’ Social Policy Preferences

Ares, M., Häusermann, S., Enggist, M., et al. (2024) · The Journal of Politics · doi:10.1086/729935 · Cited by 19

When does class matter? Unequal representation in Indonesian legislatures

Warburton, E. A., Muhtadi, B., Aspinall, E., et al. (2021) · Third World Quarterly · doi:10.1080/01436597.2021.1882297 · Cited by 19

Fiscal Austerity and Rental Housing Policy in the United States and United Kingdom, 2010–2016

Goering, J., & Whitehead, C. (2017) · Housing Policy Debate · doi:10.1080/10511482.2017.1321568 · Cited by 19

Labour flexibility, risks and the welfare state

Dekker, F. (2010) · Economic and Industrial Democracy · doi:10.1177/0143831x10365927 · Cited by 19

Issue Salience and Candidate Position Taking in Parliamentary Parties

Tromborg, M. W. (2018) · Political Studies · doi:10.1177/0032321718765520 · Cited by 18

Mobility, Inequality, and Beliefs About Distribution and Redistribution

Wilson, G., Roscigno, V. J., Sauer, C., et al. (2021) · Social Forces · doi:10.1093/sf/soab047 · Cited by 18

Party Government, Institutions, and Social Protection in the Age of Austerity

Swank, D. (2013) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-01853-5_19 · Cited by 18

Retirement Expectations and Satisfaction with Retirement Provisions

de Bresser, J., & van Soest, A. (2013) · Review of Income and Wealth · doi:10.1111/roiw.12079 · Cited by 19

Generous Social Policy Reduces Material Deprivation

Kenworthy, L., Epstein, J., & Duerr, D. (2011) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199591527.003.0004 · Cited by 19

Equal sharing or not at all caring? Ideals about fathers’ family involvement and the prevalence of the second half of the gender revolution in 27 societies

Edlund, J., & Öun, I. (2023) · Journal of Family Studies · doi:10.1080/13229400.2023.2179531 · Cited by 21

Targets and Taxes: Explaining the Welfare Orientations of the Australian Public

Wilson, S., Spies‐Butcher, B., & Stebbing, A. (2009) · Social Policy and Administration · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00676.x · Cited by 17

The Influence of Public Opinion and Advocacy on Public Policy

Burstein, P. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108147828.029 · Cited by 18

The Resurrection of Lei Feng

Palmer, D. A., & Ning, R. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108784146.013 · Cited by 17

The Political Sources of Solidarity in Diverse SocietiesPreprint

Banting, K. G., & Kymlicka, W. (2015) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2670696 · Cited by 21

Social policy, public investment or the environment? Exploring variation in individual-level preferences on long-term policies

Busemeyer, M. R., & McGrath, L. F. (2023) · Journal of European Social Policy · doi:10.1177/09589287231217379 · Cited by 17

The Rise of Interventionism in the European Union and its Social Foundations

Gonthier, F., & Matthews, T. (2015) · Revue Française de Sociologie · doi:10.3917/rfs.561.0007 · Cited by 15

Gender and Welfare States

Laperrière, M., & Orloff, A. S. (2018) · Handbooks of sociology and social research · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76333-0_17 · Cited by 15

Path Dependency and the Politics of Socialized Health Care

Brady, D., Marquardt, S., Gauchat, G., & Reynolds, M. M. (2016) · Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law · doi:10.1215/03616878-3523946 · Cited by 23

The “Medicinal Cannabis Question”: How Actors Legitimate Vote Choice on Medical Marijuana Policy

Vila‐Henninger, L. A. (2017) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1080/00380253.2017.1367266 · Cited by 15

Environmental Inequality in the American Mind: The Problem of Color-Blind Environmental Racism

Bugden, D. (2022) · Social Problems · doi:10.1093/socpro/spac005 · Cited by 18

Welfare programs and the state economy

McDonald, B. D., & Miller, D. R. (2010) · Journal of Policy Modeling · doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.08.003 · Cited by 14

Party governments, clientelistic reforms, and varying levels of political constraints

Hübscher, E. (2016) · Comparative European Politics · doi:10.1057/s41295-016-0007-4 · Cited by 14

Embedded liberalism or embedded nationalism? How welfare states affect anti-globalisation nationalism in party platforms

Burgoon, B. M., & Schakel, W. (2021) · West European Politics · doi:10.1080/01402382.2021.1908707 · Cited by 14

The Uneven Patterning of Welfare Benefits at the Twilight of AFDC: Assessing the Influence of Institutions, Race, and Citizen Preferences

Kail, B. L., & Dixon, M. (2011) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01211.x · Cited by 14

Income Inequality and Popular Support for Redistributive Policies in Canada, 1993–2008

Sealey, A., & Andersen, R. (2015) · Canadian Public Policy · doi:10.3138/cpp.2014-007 · Cited by 16

Esfuerzo de bienestar y Pobreza desde el enfoque monetarista y de capacidades: Análisis trasnacional en América Latina y el Caribe (1990-2010)

Cruz‐Martínez, G. (2015) · Política y Sociedad · doi:10.5209/rev_poso.2015.v52.n3.45521 · Cited by 13

Lower taxes at all costs? Evidence from a survey experiment in four European countries

Bremer, B., & Bürgisser, R. (2024) · Journal of European Public Policy · doi:10.1080/13501763.2024.2333856 · Cited by 13

Government Inequality Reduction in Comparative Perspective: A Cross-National Study of the Developed World

Mahler, V. A. (2010) · Polity · doi:10.1057/pol.2010.14 · Cited by 13

Divided by the Market, Divided by the State: Distribution, Redistribution and Welfare Attitudes in 47 Countries

Wulfgramm, M., & Starke, P. (2016) · Scandinavian Political Studies · doi:10.1111/1467-9477.12078 · Cited by 14

How to retrench the welfare state: Attitudes in the general population

Cappelen, A. W., Cappelen, C. W., Kuhnle, S., & Tungodden, B. (2018) · Social Policy and Administration · doi:10.1111/spol.12402 · Cited by 12

Policy knowledge among ‘elite citizens’

Jensen, C., & Zohlnhöfer, R. (2020) · European Policy Analysis · doi:10.1002/epa2.1076 · Cited by 13

Public Support for Increasing Women and Minority MPs

Bolzendahl, C., & Coffé, H. (2019) · Politics & Gender · doi:10.1017/s1743923x19000217 · Cited by 12

State-Mobilized Movements: A Research Agenda

Ekiert, G., & Perry, E. J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108784146.001 · Cited by 15

Variation in Criminal Justice Policy-Making

Lytle, R. D. (2013) · Criminal Justice Policy Review · doi:10.1177/0887403413507274 · Cited by 12

The family working-time model: Towards more gender equality in work and care

Müller, K., Neumann, M., & Wrohlich, K. (2018) · Journal of European Social Policy · doi:10.1177/0958928717753581 · Cited by 12

Public support for social security in 66 countries: Prosperity, inequality, and household income as interactive causes

Andersen, R., Curtis, J., & Brym, R. J. (2021) · British Journal of Sociology · doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12842 · Cited by 12

Democracy as Justification for Waging War

Falomir‐Pichastor, J. M., Staerklé, C., Pereira, A., et al. (2011) · Social Psychological and Personality Science · doi:10.1177/1948550611420172 · Cited by 11

The Intercohort Dynamics of Support for Redistribution in 54 Countries, 1985–2017

VanHeuvelen, T., & Copas, K. (2018) · Societies · doi:10.3390/soc8030069 · Cited by 11

Political regimes and advanced liberal oligarchies

Dọmingues, J. M. (2018) · Constellations · doi:10.1111/1467-8675.12379 · Cited by 11

New evidence on the effect of partisanship on the welfare state

Jensen, C., & Wenzelburger, G. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-27043-8_8 · Cited by 11

Social Trust and Dynamics of Capitalist Economies in the Context of Clashing Managerial Factors with Risks and Severe Turbulence: A Conceptual Inquiry

Burciu, A., Kicsi, R., & Bostan, I. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12218794 · Cited by 12

Voters’ commitment problem and reforms in welfare programs

Hollanders, D. A., & Vis, B. (2011) · Public Choice · doi:10.1007/s11127-011-9872-1 · Cited by 11

Building the New Socialist Countryside: Tracking Public Policy and Public Opinion Changes in China

Stepan, M., Han, E., & Reeskens, T. (2016) · The China Quarterly · doi:10.1017/s0305741016000369 · Cited by 11

Pension Plans and Retirement Insecurity

Yen, W. (2018) · Ageing International · doi:10.1007/s12126-018-9326-x · Cited by 10

‘Guns versus butter’ in public opinion: the politicization of the warfare-welfare trade-off

Sacchi, S., Buzzelli, G., & de la Porte, C. (2025) · Journal of European Public Policy · doi:10.1080/13501763.2025.2534663 · Cited by 17

Cross-National Support for the Welfare State Under Wealth Inequality

Jensen, A., & Wiedemann, A. (2023) · Comparative Political Studies · doi:10.1177/00104140231168364 · Cited by 10

Ideas, federalism and policy feedback: an institutionalist approach

Béland, D., & Lecours, A. (2020) · Territory Politics Governance · doi:10.1080/21622671.2020.1837225 · Cited by 9

Partisan Identification and Attitudes to Big Versus Small Government in Australia: Evidence from the ISSP

Martin, A. (2011) · Australian Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1080/10361146.2011.567971 · Cited by 9

A variational EM method for mixed membership models with multivariate rank data: An analysis of public policy preferences

Wang, Y. S., Matsueda, R. L., & Erosheva, E. A. (2017) · The Annals of Applied Statistics · doi:10.1214/17-aoas1034 · Cited by 9

Economic crisis and social trust: Reviewing the effects of economic polarisation on social and institutional confidence

Robles, D. T., Fontanella, J. C., & Bolancé, C. (2019) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/0539018419891321 · Cited by 9

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Zohlnhöfer, R. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-22803-3_8 · Cited by 9

Individualization: A double-edged sword: Welfare, the experience of social risks and the need for social insurance in the Netherlands

Achterberg, P., Raven, J., & van der Veen, R. (2013) · Current Sociology · doi:10.1177/0011392113499738 · Cited by 9

Demografische Alterung und Reformen der Alterssicherung in Europa – Probleme der ökonomischen, sozialen und politischen Nachhaltigkeit

Ebbinghaus, B. (2015) · KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie · doi:10.1007/s11577-015-0318-5 · Cited by 9

Book review: Welfare beyond the Welfare State: The Employment Relationship in Germany and the UK

Abhishek, A. (2020) · European Journal of Social Security · doi:10.1177/1388262720909201

Street Users in Drug Policy: On the Underestimated Role of Welfare Institutions

Johansen, N. B. (2021) · doi:10.16993/bbo.i · Cited by 1

Welfare Beyond the Welfare State. The Employment Relationship in Germany and the UK

Behling, F. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65223-8_1 · Cited by 3

The emergence of the welfare states

Ashford, D. E. (1986) · Blackwell Publishing Ltd eBooks · Cited by 185

Book Review: New Risks, New Welfare. The Transformation of the European Welfare State

Greve, B. (2006) · Journal of European Social Policy · doi:10.1177/0958928706059836