Welfare State and Political Culture in Unified Germany
| Autor: | Edeltraud Roller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Inequality business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Assertion Welfare state Public opinion language.human_language Democracy West germany German Political Science and International Relations Development economics language Economics Political culture business media_common |
| Zdroj: | German Politics. 24:292-316 |
| ISSN: | 1743-8993 0964-4008 |
| Popis: | This paper addresses the assertion that preferences for a comprehensive welfare state hamper and delay the emergence of a liberal-democratic culture in East Germany. Two questions are explored: first, has the impact of welfare-state values on support of the German democratic regime declined in East Germany since re-unification and adapted to the lower levels observed in West Germany? Second, are attitudes towards different welfare-state programmes equally important for citizens’ approval of the German democratic regime? Empirical analyses on the basis of representative public opinion surveys conducted between 1991 and 2012 confirm that the effect of welfare-state values in East Germany has converged to the smaller effect size observed in West Germany. Furthermore, attitudes to welfare-state programmes aimed at reducing income inequalities turn out to be a significant determinant of regime support in both parts of Germany. It is the higher demand for inequality-reducing governmental activities which still ... |
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