Does reducing unemployment benefits has an impact on citizens’ participation in the political life? Does making the criteria harsher for getting social support affect individual participation to democratic life? As Qualidem researchers Margherita Bussi and Claire Dupuy argue in a contribution published on Social Europe, the policy feedback and mass politics literatures suggest that this is the case and policy makers should be aware of the adverse effects of policy change that goes beyond immediate and measurable policy outcomes.
Qualidem contribution about the effects of welfare policies and citizens’ political engagement on Social Europe