'I am not alone': Understanding public support for the welfare state

International Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 768-787

  Gërxhani, Klarita ^a   Koster, Ferry ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Deservingness'; European comparison; social support; social trust; welfare state attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867952651     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580911423060     Document Type: Article

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