Positive Returns and Equilibrium: Simultaneous Feedback Between Public Opinion and Social Policy

What is it about?

Discusses how public opinion and social policy feedback on each other. Uses the example of social welfare spending (welfare state spending) and the example of decommodification (how much individuals must rely on their own labor for their social welfare) to show the linkages with public opinion.

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Why is it important?

Most previous research looks at either the impact of opinion on policy or the impact of policy on opinion. This paper looks at the simultaneous effects running between them.