Deservingness perceptions and social welfare opinion: the role of partisan identity

• In Event: Deservingness and the Welfare State

Brief Overview

We theorize how ingroup partisan identity shapes perceptions of deservingness. We find that ingroup identity overrides ideological principles in determining support for group-based social welfare programs.

Authors

• Christopher Faricy, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

• Christopher Reid Ellis, Bucknell University