What is the role of government?

Datum: 
Montag, 11. Juli 2016
Medium: 
3rd International ESS Conference Blog

"Individuals have all kinds of ideas about what their governments should and should not provide for them and others. Their preferences for the ideal role of government can be particularly heated or contentious due to the massive amounts of goods and services that governments provide via social welfare policies; things like pensions, health care and (un)employment. These attitudes are also a battleground for political parties’ platforms, some crying for taxing the rich and redistributing to the less rich and others for cutting government spending on social welfare. These attitudes also shape individual voting behaviors and provide policymakers with ques for how to make policy to keep their constituents happy (and thus keep their jobs). To investigate these attitudes, social scientists typically use surveys. (...)"

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