Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Valadez Martinez, Laura
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/18062
Resumo: his article examines social attitudes towards social rights in Portugal. It utilizes original survey data from 2013 to study the distribution of welfare attitudes in a context of economic austerity and welfare retrenchment. The main argument is that there are at least two sources of preference formation regarding public social provision: one is universalistic (or needs-based), and the other is contributory. These two logics frame choices concerning the future of the welfare state in Portugal. We explore the determinants of this choice through three hypotheses: dualization between insiders and outsiders (H1), the type of welfare regime (H2) and social rights consciousness (H3). Our findings suggest that choice between universalistic and contributory models is not impervious to macro-institutional factors and labour market performance. The paper’s main contribution, however, is to empirically demonstrate that this choice is significantly shaped by pre-existing understandings of social rights in Portugal, namely its politically contested character.
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spelling Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out PortugalEstado ProvidênciaWelfare StateDireitos sociaisSocial rightshis article examines social attitudes towards social rights in Portugal. It utilizes original survey data from 2013 to study the distribution of welfare attitudes in a context of economic austerity and welfare retrenchment. The main argument is that there are at least two sources of preference formation regarding public social provision: one is universalistic (or needs-based), and the other is contributory. These two logics frame choices concerning the future of the welfare state in Portugal. We explore the determinants of this choice through three hypotheses: dualization between insiders and outsiders (H1), the type of welfare regime (H2) and social rights consciousness (H3). Our findings suggest that choice between universalistic and contributory models is not impervious to macro-institutional factors and labour market performance. The paper’s main contribution, however, is to empirically demonstrate that this choice is significantly shaped by pre-existing understandings of social rights in Portugal, namely its politically contested character.RoutledgeRepositório da Universidade de LisboaSilva, Filipe Carreira daValadez Martinez, Laura2015-05-05T18:39:42Z20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/18062engSilva, F. C., Valadez Martinez, L. (2015). Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal. European societies, 17 (3), 351-37110.1080/14616696.2015.1035299info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:04:03Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/18062Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:37:43.389718Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
title Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
spellingShingle Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Estado Providência
Welfare State
Direitos sociais
Social rights
title_short Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
title_full Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
title_fullStr Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
title_sort Sophie's Choice: social attitudes to welfare state retrenchment in bailed-out Portugal
author Silva, Filipe Carreira da
author_facet Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Valadez Martinez, Laura
author_role author
author2 Valadez Martinez, Laura
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Valadez Martinez, Laura
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Estado Providência
Welfare State
Direitos sociais
Social rights
topic Estado Providência
Welfare State
Direitos sociais
Social rights
description his article examines social attitudes towards social rights in Portugal. It utilizes original survey data from 2013 to study the distribution of welfare attitudes in a context of economic austerity and welfare retrenchment. The main argument is that there are at least two sources of preference formation regarding public social provision: one is universalistic (or needs-based), and the other is contributory. These two logics frame choices concerning the future of the welfare state in Portugal. We explore the determinants of this choice through three hypotheses: dualization between insiders and outsiders (H1), the type of welfare regime (H2) and social rights consciousness (H3). Our findings suggest that choice between universalistic and contributory models is not impervious to macro-institutional factors and labour market performance. The paper’s main contribution, however, is to empirically demonstrate that this choice is significantly shaped by pre-existing understandings of social rights in Portugal, namely its politically contested character.
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