Acquiescent market citizens? Age and redistributive policy attitudes in Australia

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dc.contributor.authorCoram, V.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionPublished online: 13 Feb 2020
dc.description.abstractAs in other advanced industrial democracies, tax and welfare policies in Australia over the last few decades have tended to preserve benefits for some groups of citizens while the safety net for others is weakened. Young people, including children, are among those bearing increased social risks which tend to be exacerbated rather than ameliorated by redistributive policies. There is little evidence of discontent about the overall redistributive policy context, suggesting it broadly aligns with public opinion. The research described in this paper set out to explore the factors underpinning the attitudes of young adult and senior Australians towards redistributive policy, whether there were differences between the two age groups, and if there was any support for policy reform. The results suggest that the young participants’ habituation to neo-liberal policy settings, particularly their adherence to individualistic norms, made them less likely than the seniors to express negative attitudes towards existing policy settings or to advocate reform.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityVeronica Coram
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Youth Studies, 2021; 24(3):323-339
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13676261.2020.1728238
dc.identifier.issn1367-6261
dc.identifier.issn1469-9680
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/132336
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
dc.rights© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1728238
dc.subjectpolicy attitudes; neoliberalism; inequality; redistributive policy; welfare reform
dc.titleAcquiescent market citizens? Age and redistributive policy attitudes in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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