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Policy Liberalism and Political Institutions
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- Issue Date
- 2010
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol.25 No.2, pp. 1-12
- Keywords
- liberalism ; social welfare ; public policy ; political party ; president
- Abstract
- This paper examines the impacts of political institutions, especially a
presidents party affiliation and job performance, on the generosity of social
welfare benefits, which are one of the characteristics of policy liberalism,
through an investigation of U.S. social welfare expenditures. Findings indicate
that a presidents party affiliation is a key predictor of his policy preferences,
agendas, and policy liberalism or conservatism despite institutional and political
constraints, whereas a presidents job performance, measured by either success
on congressional votes or job approval, is not linked to the generosity of social
welfare benefits. In an age of global capitalism undergoing radical changes in
the political and economic environment, however, a presidents party affiliation
is not a crucial indicator of policy preferences or policy liberalism/conservatism.
Additionally, political leaders policy preferences and tools appear to determine
more significantly the destiny of welfare programs than a presidents job performance
or economic conditions like unemployment.
- ISSN
- 1225-5017
- Language
- English
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