Benefit Morale: Social Attitudes to the Welfare State in Poland examines the complex relationship between citizens and welfare systems through the innovative concept of "benefit morale."
This pioneering study analyses how social attitudes influence the effectiveness of welfare programs, exploring both welfare abuse and non-take-up of benefits within the Polish context while developing a theoretical framework applicable to welfare states globally. The book presents original research through a comprehensive six-chapter structure: establishing a theoretical framework for benefit morale, reviewing existing welfare attitude research, detailing methodology, analysing Polish attitudes toward the welfare state, and examining attitudes toward both welfare abuse and non-take-up. This unique approach combines theoretical innovation with empirical evidence, offering valuable insights into the cultural and socioeconomic factors that shape welfare program effectiveness.
Providing a foundation for international comparative research on benefit morale, this volume serves multiple audiences including policymakers seeking to improve social program effectiveness, researchers in sociology and social policy, and students studying welfare systems.
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This monograph represents a valuable contribution achieved through comprehensive empirical investigation, sophisticated analytical framework, and strong practical applications. The work's primary value resides in its systematic application of established concepts to an understudied national context and its utility for evidence-based policy development.
Monika Klimowicz, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
'Benefit Morale is a pioneering publication that offers an innovative analysis of social attitudes toward the welfare state, combining theory with empirical research. It is essential reading for anyone studying the effectiveness of social policy.'
Joanna Felczak, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.
Introduction
1. Benefit morale: theoretical framework
2. Extant research
results welfare attitudes
3. Description of research method and sample
characteristics
4. Welfare attitudes in Poland: norms and values in relation
to the welfare state
5. Attitudes towards welfare abuse
6. Attitudes towards
not taking up welfare benefits Conclusion
ukasz Jurek is Associate Professor at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland. He specializes in determinants and consequences of population ageing, organisation and financing of long-term care, retirement decisions and pension systems, attitudes towards welfare benefits, benefit fraud.
Krystyna Gilga is Assistant Professor and Rector's Representative for the Disabled at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland. She specializes in disability issues including accessible education and social policy.
Stanisaw Kamiski is Associate Professor at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland. He specializes in welfare mix, public failure, market failure, and global social problems.
Joanna Szczepaniak-Sienniak is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, President of the Polish Society of Social Policy - Wrocaw Branch, member of the Committee on Demographic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
Pawe uk works at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland, specializing in social inequalities, energy poverty, energy ageism, sociology of politics, green transformation, and social aspects of health.
