an article by Daniel Degen (University of Konstanz, Germany) and Theresa Kuhn and Wouter van der Brug (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) published in Journal of European Social Policy Volume 29 Issue 2 (May 2019)
Abstract
In the context of large-scale migration within and into Europe, the question of whether and under which conditions immigrants should be granted access to social benefits in the country of destination is of high political relevance.
A large body of research has studied natives’ attitudes towards giving immigrants access to the welfare state, while research on attitudes of immigrants themselves is scarce.
Focusing on the impact of self-interest, we compare immigrants and native citizens in their attitudes towards granting immigrants access to the welfare state. We identify three mechanisms through which self-interest can influence these attitudes: immigrant origin, socio-economic status and – for first-generation immigrants only – incorporation into the host society.
We test our expectations using cross-national data from the European Social Survey round 2008. The findings suggest that self-interest is indeed one of the factors that motivate attitudes towards welfare state restrictiveness among natives and immigrants, but also point at relevant exceptions to this pattern.
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Thursday, 9 May 2019
Friday, 3 August 2012
Managing masculinity/mismanaging the corporation
an article by David Knights (University of West England) and Maria Tullberg (Gothenburg University, Sweden) published in Organization Volume 19 Number 4 (July 2012)
Abstract
There are numerous accounts of the financial crisis that shocked the Western world in 2008. Almost all the commentaries are steeped in the same cognitive paradigm of linear thinking and assumptions of economic self-interest that could be seen to have created the crisis.
While acknowledging the multiplicity of reasons for the crisis and how it should be managed, this article offers an alternative in presenting a gendered perspective that could complement but also challenge some of the conventional wisdom. It suggests a link between managing masculinity and mismanaging the corporation leading to government bailouts for the banks and a near collapse of Western economies.
Although new governance and regulation are clearly important responses to the crisis, they do not necessarily get to the root of the problem. A more sociological form of analysis could help us to understand how individual material and symbolic self-interest deriving partly from misrecognition of the self as autonomous but reinforced by masculine fragilities was a major condition of the excesses leading to the crisis.
This article explores how this self-interest is not just a reflection of the neo-liberal economic consensus but also of masculine discourses within the business class élite that make the pursuit of ever spiralling remuneration almost obligatory.
Hazel’s comment:
Not, perhaps, in the mainstream of careers information this article will help advisers to understand a little more about the psychology involved in the banking and finance sectors – particularly male egos.
Abstract
There are numerous accounts of the financial crisis that shocked the Western world in 2008. Almost all the commentaries are steeped in the same cognitive paradigm of linear thinking and assumptions of economic self-interest that could be seen to have created the crisis.
While acknowledging the multiplicity of reasons for the crisis and how it should be managed, this article offers an alternative in presenting a gendered perspective that could complement but also challenge some of the conventional wisdom. It suggests a link between managing masculinity and mismanaging the corporation leading to government bailouts for the banks and a near collapse of Western economies.
Although new governance and regulation are clearly important responses to the crisis, they do not necessarily get to the root of the problem. A more sociological form of analysis could help us to understand how individual material and symbolic self-interest deriving partly from misrecognition of the self as autonomous but reinforced by masculine fragilities was a major condition of the excesses leading to the crisis.
This article explores how this self-interest is not just a reflection of the neo-liberal economic consensus but also of masculine discourses within the business class élite that make the pursuit of ever spiralling remuneration almost obligatory.
Hazel’s comment:
Not, perhaps, in the mainstream of careers information this article will help advisers to understand a little more about the psychology involved in the banking and finance sectors – particularly male egos.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Reciprocity and public support for the redistributive role of the State
an article by Francisco José León (University of Girona, Spain) published in Journal of European Social Policy Volume 22 Number 2 (May 2012)
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to test whether motivations characteristic of homo reciprocans, as described in experimental economics, can account for the support for the redistributive role of the State.
Using data from the 2008 European Social Survey, we show how this picture of human motivations provides a fertile framework to interpret support for redistribution among the general public.
We test this claim through two ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models. The evidence clearly shows that variables associated with ‘reciprocity’ are better predictors of support for the redistributive role of the State than those associated with ‘self-interest’, including the traditional socioeconomic variables, although both types of variables offer useful insights into the question of why people give support for redistribution.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to test whether motivations characteristic of homo reciprocans, as described in experimental economics, can account for the support for the redistributive role of the State.
Using data from the 2008 European Social Survey, we show how this picture of human motivations provides a fertile framework to interpret support for redistribution among the general public.
We test this claim through two ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models. The evidence clearly shows that variables associated with ‘reciprocity’ are better predictors of support for the redistributive role of the State than those associated with ‘self-interest’, including the traditional socioeconomic variables, although both types of variables offer useful insights into the question of why people give support for redistribution.
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