A Bedrock of Support? Trends in Welfare State Attitudes in Sweden, 1981–2010
A Bedrock of Support? Trends in Welfare State Attitudes in Sweden, 1981–2010
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支持的基石？瑞典福利国家态度的趋势，1981 年至 2010 年
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00796.x
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Stefan Svallfors
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作者：
Stefan Svallfors
本文报告了瑞典人对1981年至2010年福利国家的态度，建立在瑞典福利国家调查的数据基础上。对社会支出的态度，纳税意愿，对集体融资和公共组织的态度，对滥用福利的怀疑，以及对福利国家的任务表现的信任被跟踪。总的来说，人们的态度在很大程度上是稳定的，在发生变化的地方，往往是朝着增加支持的方向发展。更多的人表示愿意为福利政策目的支付更高的税收;更多的人希望为福利政策提供集体资金;与以往的调查相比，2010年认为广泛滥用福利的人减少了。阶级模式的变化使受薪者和自营职业者在态度上与工人更加相似。因此，瑞典社会民主党在2010年选举中前所未有的失败，以及温和派（保守派）作为主导政党的崛起，不能用对福利国家态度的改变来解释。瑞典福利国家市场化程度的提高对公众支持福利政策的影响也没有被发现。
This article reports findings about Swedes' attitudes towards the welfare state from 1981 to 2010, building on data from the Swedish Welfare State Surveys. Attitudes towards social spending, willingness to pay taxes, attitudes towards collective financing and public organization, suspicion about welfare abuse, and trust in the task performance of the welfare state are tracked. Overall, there is a large degree of stability in attitudes, and where change is registered, it tends to go in the direction of increasing support. More people state their willingness to pay higher taxes for welfare policy purposes; more people want collective financing of welfare policies; and fewer people perceive extensive welfare abuse in 2010 than was the case in previous surveys. Class patterns change so that the salaried and the self-employed become more similar to workers in their attitudes. Hence, the unprecedented election loss of the Swedish Social Democrats in 2010, and the rise of the Moderates (conservatives) as the dominant party cannot be explained by changing attitudes towards the welfare state. Nor can any corrosive effects from increased marketization of the Swedish welfare state on public support for welfare policies be detected.