Public Opinion and the Demand for Social Welfare in Britain
- 20 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Social Policy
- Vol. 10 (4) , 453-475
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400001537
Abstract
This article discusses the role of public opinion in the social policy making process. It argues that existing accounts of social policy formation are inadequate in their treatment of public opinion, and inconsistent in their estimation of its importance. It then goes on to examine detailed examples of the role of public opinion in policy making; and finally tests two hypotheses concerning the sources of the demand for social welfare spending on the part of the British electorate.Keywords
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