Public Opinion and Welfare State Effort in Comparative Perspective

SES-0452973 Jeff ManzaErnest BrooksNorthwestern University该项目将完成一项大规模的比较分析，分析自20世纪80年代中期以来，公众舆论对17个OECD（经济合作与发展组织）民主国家福利国家支出和具体社会计划的影响。 本报告将研究福利努力的跨国差异的来源，以及各国（及其公民）对过去20年来出现的全球化压力的动态反应。为了进行这项调查，PI将开发和分析一个原始数据集，称为民意和福利国家数据文件。 该数据集将联合收割机结合并扩展现有的关于经合组织民主国家福利国家支出的信息，以及通过国际社会调查项目（ISSP）获得的跨国民意数据。该文件的构建将提供跨国可比信息。它最终将包括国家层面的信息，如人均国内生产总值，党派对政府的控制，大众政策偏好，可能还有工会密度。 新创建的数据集将提供给对民主国家内的政策响应问题感兴趣的研究人员。因此，该项目不仅将提供有助于当前辩论的资源，而且还将为未来的研究提供平台，因为有关不同福利国家制度的可持续性问题变得越来越重要。鉴于福利国家对与贫困和不平等相关的社会问题的重要性，研究解决了决策者和公众相当感兴趣的问题。

SES-0452973Jeff ManzaErnest BrooksNorthwestern UniversityThis project will complete a large-scale comparative analysis of the impact of public opinion on welfare state spending and specific social programs in 17 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) democracies since the mid-1980's. The PIs will examine both the sources of cross-national variation in welfare effort, and the dynamic responses of nations (and their citizens) to the globalization pressures that have emerged over the past 20 years. To carry out this investigation, the PI will develop and analyze an original dataset, called the Public Opinion and Welfare States Datafile. This dataset will combine and extend existing information about welfare state spending in OECD democracies with cross-national public opinion data available through the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The file will be constructed to provide cross-nationally comparable information. It will ultimately include country-level information such as per-capita gross domestic product, partisan control over government, mass policy preferences, and possibly also union density. The newly created dataset will be made available for researchers interested in issues of policy responsiveness within democracies. Thus, the project will provide not only resources that can contribute to current debates, but also the platform for future research as questions about the sustainability of different welfare state regimes becomes increasingly important. Given the importance of welfare states to social problems associated with poverty and inequality, the research addresses issues that are of considerable interest to policymakers and the general public.