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Zusatztext "The essays in this edited volume draw on cross-national survey data to piece together the best picture to date of the mass-level policy feedbacks of welfare state policies and programs in European countries I expect this book to stimulate the next generation of research on the development of the mass politics of European welfare states." Informationen zum Autor Stefan Svallfors is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden. He is the author of The Moral Economy of Class: Class and Attitudes in Comparative Perspective (Stanford, 2006) and the editor of Analyzing Inequality: Life Chances and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective (Stanford, 2005). Klappentext A comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, aspirations, and identities of citizens in advanced industrial societies, this book focuses on the different ways in which social policies and national politics affect personal opinions on justice, political responsibility, and the overall trustworthiness of politicians. How have socio-political orientations changed in recent years? How do national institutions impact people's attitudes and values? Is there a correlation between orientations and changing social stratification patterns? How are attitudes translated into action under different institutional arrangements? What impact do new supranational institutions have on the orientations of mass publics? > Zusammenfassung A comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, and aspirations of citizens in European and North American societies.
