TY - CHAP
T1 - Increasingly connected? Political distrust and dissatisfaction with public services in Europe, 2008-2016
AU - de Blok, Lisanne
AU - Haugsgjerd, Atle
AU - Kumlin, Staffan
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter studies public evaluations of the performance of welfare state policies, with a particular focus on how such evaluations impact on ‘political trust’; that is, generalized confidence in democratic institutions. More specifically, it examines whether performance dissatisfaction increased between 2008 and 2016, given the welfare retrenchment reactions of several governments in Europe. Furthermore, it asks whether the negative effects of dissatisfaction on political trust have become stronger. With regard to both questions, the chapter analyses whether changes are more pronounced in countries and at time points more strongly exposed to the economic crises and related austerity policies.
AB - This chapter studies public evaluations of the performance of welfare state policies, with a particular focus on how such evaluations impact on ‘political trust’; that is, generalized confidence in democratic institutions. More specifically, it examines whether performance dissatisfaction increased between 2008 and 2016, given the welfare retrenchment reactions of several governments in Europe. Furthermore, it asks whether the negative effects of dissatisfaction on political trust have become stronger. With regard to both questions, the chapter analyses whether changes are more pronounced in countries and at time points more strongly exposed to the economic crises and related austerity policies.
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UR - https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/welfare-state-legitimacy-in-times-of-crisis-and-austerity-9781788976299.html
U2 - 10.4337/9781788976305.00023
DO - 10.4337/9781788976305.00023
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781788976299
T3 - Globalization and Welfare series
SP - 201
EP - 221
BT - Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity
A2 - Meuleman, Bart
A2 - van Oorschot, Wim
A2 - Laenen, Tijs
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated
ER -