From the perspective of policymakers, the findings in chapter 5 are extremely relevant: the more decommodifying national systems of welfare provision are the lower are the levels of welfare ...chauvinism among natives. This chapter will probe the determinants of nativist resentment and welfare chauvinism further, and it contends that two additional factors may be crucial in understanding prejudice and resentment. First, it is argued that the pattern by which foreigners are turned into citizens, that is, the type of “incorporation regime,” is important. A society with liberal immigration regimes that absorb foreigners relatively quickly blurs the distinction between insiders and
With the establishment of the modern welfare state, the status of “citizen” came to define those who are eligible for social protection and those who are not. As a result, this sharp distinction, ...which significantly affects the life chances of many of its inhabitants, represents the hard border that distinguishes those who belong to the community from “others.” In other words, citizenship means a sharp delineation of who is part of that community and outsiders. Ever since the invention of modern states, governments have sought to control exit and entry (immigration policy proper) and thus the distribution of life chances
A central finding in the last chapter was that at the individual level people with high universal trust supported the welfare state more than people with high primordial trust. In addition, the ...effects of nativist resentment on welfare state support were significantly mediated by universal trust. This section reverses the causal arrow and investigates to what extent welfare state regimes can affect individual attitudes. The questions are the following. Why is it that some countries have more trust than others? Is it conceivable that the differences in trust levels, even at the individual level, can be explained by the different
Conclusions Markus M. L. Crepaz
Trust beyond Borders,
04/2010
Book Chapter
The resurgence of primordial arguments in academic discourse on the welfare state is not accidental. Once the dust had settled after the implosion of the Soviet empire the ragged shapes of ethnic ...conflicts that hid in the shadows of the cold war became visible again. The sudden rise in the relevance of the European Union and the phenomenon of “globalization” have not only instilled diffuse fears but also brought questions of “who are we” into sharper relief. The horrific attacks of 9/11 appeared to give credence to the “clash of civilizations,” prompting many social scientists to reexamine the power of
