Lynch, Julia. (2004) The Age of Welfare: Patronage, Citizenship, and Generational Justice in Social Policy. CES Working Papers Series 111, 2004. [Working Paper]
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Abstract
Welfare states' redistribution of resources across classes, occupations, and genders is the subject of intensive scholarly analysis. Yet we know very little about how and why welfare states treat different age groups differently. This article demonstrates that seniors’ demand for welfare does not determine ageorientation. Rather, the “age of welfare” is a largely unintended consequence of the interaction between the structure of social policies and the way that politicians use these programs to compete for votes. An implication for the policy feedback literature is that constituency demand may be less important than the unintended consequences of welfare state institutions.
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| Item Type: | Working Paper |
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| Subjects for non-EU documents: | EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > European citizenship EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > welfare state EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > general |
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| EU Series and Periodicals: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Series: | Series > Harvard University, Center for European Studies > CES Working Papers/Open Forum |
| Depositing User: | Phil Wilkin |
| Official EU Document: | No |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2009 |
| Page Range: | p. 24 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2011 18:16 |
| URI: | http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11795 |
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