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1 The Humanitarian Foundation of Public Support for Social Welfare Public Policy Analysis Eco 439 By Vida Atchulo

2 why is there public support for social welfare programs despite Americans' deep misgivings about the idea of welfare? Primary Question (s)

3 Method (s) Used to Analyze The Question  Analysis of Americans' sociopolitical values and their relationship to support for a wide variety of social welfare programs.

4 Data  Computer-assisted telephone interviews.  Specifically, respondents were asked not only about their preferred spending levels for social programs, but also about the structure that these programs should take (for instance, whether a redistributive element should enter the policy).  Finally, they asked about the scope of government responsibilities.

5 Results  Focus on the orientation of humanitarianism.  Argue that humanitarianism provides a better explanation for public opinion toward welfare in the United States than egalitarianism.

6 Policy Implications  “We have explored the implications of humanitarianism for public welfare support and have contrasted this with egalitarianism. We have identified humanitarianism as a prosocial orientation and egalitarianism as a norm and have discussed the differences between these two concepts. By making this distinction, one contribution of this article is to refine our understanding of sociopolitical values.”

7 References  http://0- web.ebscohost.com.oasis.oregonstate.ed u/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=105&sid=decb8bd 4-d6af-401e-9bf2- 84fc029bb4e7%40sessionmgr102

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