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    An Unlikely Opposition: Examining Political Threats to the American Welfare State

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    Date
    2012
    Author
    Wilson, Jordan
    Subject
    Economic assistance, Domestic
    Social justice
    Poverty
    Political science
    Political and social views
    Self-interest
    Voting research
    Public opinion polls
    Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Poverty Program
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    . . . the paper opens with a consideration of the harms of a political trend hostile to government social spending. Based on evidence from the current U.S. model as well as European welfare states, I assume that government social expenditures, when properly constructed and implemented, can successfully address the issues of poverty; therefore, opposition to spending constitutes a real threat to improvements in Americans’ well-being. Next, the paper works to understand the political movement. This begins by identifying peculiarities of the trend, including two unique political puzzles that counter long-held theory on voting behavior and complicate a traditional view of opposition movements. In order to explain the motivations behind both paradoxes, the paper offers several factors that might elucidate the trend’s dynamism. Lastly, the paper will present a series of recommendations for addressing the anti-welfare state political movement.
     
    Jordan Wilson
     
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11021/24112
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