Citizens, policy feedback, and European welfare states

Kumlin, Staffan; Stadelmann‐Steffen, Isabelle

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“…Third, in the domain of social policies, quite unsurprisingly, a great number of policy feedback effects are interested in social policy attitudes (e.g., Im & Meng, ), but we also see studies interested in political engagement (Bruch, Ferree, & Soss, ) and general attitudes, such as satisfaction with democracy (Kumlin, ).…”

Section: Results: Outcomes In Policy Feedback Studiesmentioning

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“…Davenport (), for example, focuses on how experiences with military policies interact with town casualties in shaping political participation. In the domain of the welfare state, Kumlin () is interested in how social policy generosity interacts with the unemployment rate in affecting satisfaction with democracy. These studies show a promising direction within the literature in understanding the complex environment in which policy feedback effects are shaped.…”

Section: Results: Proximate Policy Feedback Effectsmentioning

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Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics: A Quantitative Review

Larsen¹

2018

Policy Studies Journal

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There has been an impressive stride in the research on policy feedback effects on mass publics over recent years. However, we lack systematic evidence on how large such policy feedback effects are in the literature. This article provides a review of 65 published studies and quantifies the findings and key themes in the policy feedback literature. The results show a great degree of heterogeneity in the domains and outcomes being studied and in the effects of policies on the public. In line with the findings from narrative reviews, feedback effects are greater for outcomes related to political participation and engagement. Last, the review sheds light on important theoretical and methodological limitations to be addressed in future research.

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Section: Results: Outcomes In Policy Feedback Studiesmentioning

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Section: Results: Proximate Policy Feedback Effectsmentioning

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Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics: A Quantitative Review

Larsen¹

2018

Policy Studies Journal

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“…Instead of just being an output of political decisions, policy is also seen as an input that creates frames and structures that affect people's incentives and perceptions (Pierson, ). Feedback effects in terms of attitudes and political behavior are then again transferred as an input to the policy process (see, e.g., Kumlin & Stadelmann‐Steffen, ). Policy is hence assumed to have consequences other than outcomes, like the number of patients treated by hospitals or how many senior citizens get help from home service; policy also affects mass opinion such as perceptions of government, political action, and trust (e.g., Kumlin, , ).…”

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Paying Attention to Politics: Public Responsiveness and Welfare Policy Change

Bendz¹

2015

Policy Studies Journal

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In order for the democratic process to work properly, it is vital that the public pays attention to politics and signals its opinions and preferences back to its representatives; if this is not the case, representatives have less incentive to represent. This article deals with the question of whether and how the public responds to welfare policy change. The thermostatic model departs from the assumption that the public responds to policy change with negative feedback, in relation to its preferred level of policy. The empirical analysis tests this model on public responses following the implementation of a consumer's choice model in Swedish primary health care. Did the reform trigger a thermostatic response from the public, and how should this be interpreted? A contribution in relation to previous research is the inclusion of ideological orientation and proximity, variables which, I argue, condition the nature and direction of public responsiveness. The study was designed as a natural experiment in which preferences of privatization of health care were measured before and after the health care reform of 2009/2010. The results provide partial support for the thermostatic model: preferences for further privatization decrease after the reform, but primarily within one subgroup. Additionally, public responses are demonstrated to vary according to ideological orientation, where the right-oriented react thermostatically and the left-oriented do not. The article contributes to a further understanding of the relation between policymaking and public opinion and to the expansion of thermostatic theory.

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“…After decades of debate about whether the welfare state was in crisis or by contrast absolutely impervious to all attempts at retrenchment or change, analysts now view welfare state politics as being characterized by incremental changes to cope with budgetary restrictions, but also in order to 'restructure', 'recalibrate' or to 'modernize' welfare state policies so as to better cope with 'new social risks' and to address new priorities such as 'activation' (Pierson 1998;Taylor-Gooby 2004;Armingeon and Bonoli 2007;Ferrera 2008;Häusermann 2010;Kumlin and Stadelmann-Steffen 2014). Thus, we use the term 'recalibration' to mean policy change intended to re-adjust an existing policy in light of changed circumstances or goals, regardless of whether the particular policy change is very limited or sweeping in scope.…”

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Complex Democracy

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2015

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Citizens, policy feedback, and European welfare states

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Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics: A Quantitative Review

Policy Feedback Effects on Mass Publics: A Quantitative Review

Paying Attention to Politics: Public Responsiveness and Welfare Policy Change

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