'Some are more equal than others': Economic egalitarianism and welfare chauvinism in the Netherlands

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-363

  van der Waal, Jeroen ^a   Achterberg, Peter ^a   Houtman, Dick ^a   de Koster, Willem ^a   Manevska, Katerina ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural capital; deservingness; ethnic minorities; welfare chauvinism; welfare state

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; ETHNIC MINORITY; IDEOLOGY; IMMIGRANT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78049459646     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928710374376     Document Type: Article

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