Cultural Resistance to Policy Change: Welfare Privatization, Policy Feedback, and the Moral Economy of Welfare.

The article examines the cultural responses of individuals in Sweden and Denmark to welfare privatization policies, focusing on the moral economy of welfare. Through qualitative interviews, it identifies key cultural values such as equality and efficiency that underpin public welfare, contrasting th...

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Publicado en:Social Problems Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 802 - 818
Autor principal: Frederiksen, Morten
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA May2025
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