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

被引:124
作者
van der Waal, Jeroen [1 ]
Achterberg, Peter [1 ]
Houtman, Dick [1 ]
de Koster, Willem [1 ]
Manevska, Katerina [1 ]
机构
[1] Erasmus Univ, Dept Sociol, Fac Social Sci, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
关键词
cultural capital; deservingness; ethnic minorities; welfare chauvinism; welfare state; SCHOOL SUCCESS; EDUCATION; AUTHORITARIANISM; ATTITUDES; POLITICS; CULTURE; ANOMIE; RACE; PARTICIPATION; DETERMINANTS;
D O I
10.1177/0958928710374376
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; D035 [国家行政管理]; D523 [行政管理]; D63 [国家行政管理];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ; 1204 ; 120401 ;
摘要
Various studies have demonstrated that while the lower educated support economic redistribution more than the higher educated do, they nonetheless dislike welfare support for immigrants more strongly. This paper aims to explain this remarkably particularistic application of the principle of economic egalitarianism ('welfare chauvinism') by testing three theories by means of survey data representative of the Dutch population (N = 1972). The first theory asserts that the low level of political competence of the lower educated is responsible, the second focuses on their weak economic position, and the third claims that their limited amount of cultural capital is decisive. Only the latter explanation is confirmed and implications for debates about ethnocentrism, deservingness and welfare state legitimacy, as well as the ideological profile of the lower-educated working class are discussed.
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