Citizens’ views on the 'activating' welfare state. What determines public opinions towards social obligations attached to social rights? KU Leuven
In the context of re-structuring of welfare states, the question of who should get what, and why, is on the political agenda again. Contemporary European welfare states are discussing and implementing new policies orientations, each stressing particular social justice principles. Examples of such policy orientations are welfare selectivism, i.e. residualizing welfare, providing the poorest in society only; activation policies, i.e. a shift ...