This review examines policy feedback effects among the mass public, with a focus on social
policies in the United States and Europe. It shows that existing policies feed back into the …

This article explores the effects of the state on the creation of social trust. It identifies four
theories connecting these two variables. The first and probably most important one stresses …

We characterized> 150 countries' resilience to COVID-19 as the nationwide decay rate of
daily cases or deaths from peak levels. Resilience to COVID-19 varies by a factor of~ 40 …

The book explores the ways in which social cohesion—measured as trust in unknown fellow
citizens—can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social …

The main question addressed in this paper is how the great variation in the level of social
trust in different countries can be explained. Most empirical research on this question has …

Analyzing the 2008 wave of the European Social Survey, this study assesses whether an
elaborate institutional theory is able to explain why levels of welfare chauvinism differ …

The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly
few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for this decrease. We …

Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty,
homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European …

The welfare state is an essential institution in any modern society. In Western Europe, the
first basic pillars of social protection emerged around 1900, but the modern welfare state–a …

Does a more generous welfare state make people happier and increase their life
satisfaction? Available empirical research gives a clear and positive answer to this question …