Lectures 12-13

Question 1

Representation of deserving in WS
(Loyd & Ramon, 2017)

Answer 1

Deserving:
faithful wife, good mother/ homemaker
“betrayed husband” even if violent
Undeserving: Adulterous women

Question 2

Larsen and Dejgaard (2013)

Answer 2

Representation of WS in liberal / social democratic countries
UK (liberal):
41% positive,
43% negative,
more stories about welfare abuse crime, and terrorism
Sweden/ Denmark (social dem):
62% / 55% positive
27%, 26% negative
Race more of an issue
Liberal model: more selection, more poverty, more negative news
Social democratic model: inclusion, less poverty, fewer negative news

Question 3

Barnes and Hope (2017)

Answer 3

Low income adults/ recipients of means-tested benefits less politically active

Question 4

Watson (2015)

Answer 4

Shift to work-based welfare benefits in liberal countries
Participation in conditional welfare programs = lose interest in political process
conditional welfare = intrusion / control

Question 5

Dum et al. (2017)

Answer 5

Public support for sheltering stigmatised populations
Support at cost of respondent is least prominent for sex offenders / criminals
Strongest support exists for non-offending groups even if at cost to respondent
Policy implications = shelter for homeless is limited, allocation to offenders unpopular

Question 6

Appelbaum 2001

Answer 6

Public perceptions of deservingness
Undeserving: “underclass” teen mothers, single mothers, able bodied men
Deserving: widows, sick, disbaled
If poverty is seen to be self-inflicted, aid is judged to be undeserved
To increase support for undeserving need to break down sterotypes of undeserving poor