Power-resource shifts between interest groups drove welfare-state citizenship expansion

Evidence

A focus on changes in the distribution of power resources between major interest groups has proved fruitful in the analysis of the emergence and development of citizenship rights. In Western societies the welfare state has gradually come to expand the scope of social citizenship. — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface, 12

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Coalition and party power resources shaped welfare state development. — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface:…, 12; Coalitions of worker, farmer, and salaried parties shape welfare states through democratic politics — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface:…, 12; Decomposition of planning-state coalitions drove welfare’s cashification — Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, Welfare for Markets: A Global History…, 375 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Coalition and party power resources shaped welfare state development. #corroborates (0.88) — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface, 12
• Coalitions of worker, farmer, and salaried parties shape welfare states through democratic politics #corroborates (0.85) — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface, 12
• Decomposition of planning-state coalitions drove welfare’s cashification #expands (0.78) — Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, Welfare for Markets, 375
• Open interest-group politics rewarded organized voices while poor law stayed backward and cruel #qualifies (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2786
• Social change meets resistance from vested interests #expands (0.73) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2826
• Citizenship ranges from state-granted passivity to movement-driven activism #qualifies (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 819