Welfare chauvinism

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Welfare chauvinism

ethnic minorities
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It is used as an argumentation strategy by

unemployed. The focus is placed on categorizing state residents in two extremes: the "nourishing" and "debilitating" and the contradiction between them in the competition for the society's scarce resources.[9][10][11]

Background

The term welfare chauvinism was first used in social science in the 1990 paper "Structural changes and new cleavages: The progress parties in Denmark and Norway" by Jørgen Goul Andersen and Tor Bjørklund. The authors described it as the notion that "welfare services should be restricted to our own".[12][13]

"Nourishing" and "debilitating"

In the description of society and the problems of the welfare state,

immigrants, the unemployed, welfare recipients and others. As such, welfare is seen as a system with embedded exclusion mechanisms.[10][11]

Right-wing populists and welfare chauvinism

According to welfare chauvinists, the safety nets of the welfare state are for those whom they believe belong in the community. By the right-wing populist standard, affiliations with society are based in national, cultural and ethnic or racial aspects. Considered to be included in the category are those that are regarded as nourishing. The debilitating group (primarily immigrants) is considered to be outside of society and to be unjustly utilizing the welfare system.

ethnically homogeneous native population,[9] preferably children and the elderly.[15]

The same principle of argument is, according to the academics

Political parties and welfare chauvinism

Notable contemporary political parties and groups that have employed welfare chauvinist argumentation include Alternative for Germany in Germany[18] and the Party for Freedom in The Netherlands.[19]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. JSTOR ctvhrd13m
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  2. ^ Cappelen, Cornelius; Peters, Yvette (2017). "The impact of intra-EU migration on welfare chauvinism". Journal of Public Policy: 389–417.
  3. ^ Van der Waal, Jeroen; de Koster, Willem; van Oorschot, Wim (2013). "Three Worlds of Welfare Chauvinism? How Welfare Regimes Affect Support for Distributing Welfare to Immigrants in Europe". Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. 15 (2): 164–181.
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  9. ^ a b Rydgren 2005
  10. ^ a b Mény & Surel 2002
  11. ^ a b c Rydgren & Widfeldt 2004
  12. ^ Linda Besner (7 February 2013): Why the Dutch Vote for Geert Wilders Archived 2013-07-30 at archive.today Randomhouse.ca, retrieved 31 July 2013
  13. JStor
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  14. ^ Kitschelt 1997
  15. ^ Lodenius 2010
  16. ^ Scheepers, Gijsberts & Coenders 2002
  17. ^ Oesch 2008
  18. ^ Jefferson Chase (2017-09-24). "Everything you need to Know about Alternative for Germany". DeutscheWelle.
  19. ^ Wouter van de Klippe (14 June 2024). "Wilders' welfare chauvinism". IPS Journal.

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