Human Values and Welfare State Support in Europe: An East–West Divide?

This study uses comparative data from the European Social Survey to investigate the influence of self-transcendence and conservation values on public support for the welfare state. The results firs ...

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  European Sociological Review

• Publication date

  2015-08-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Economics

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  DOI 10.1093/ESR/JCV001
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