Welfare chauvinism

Welfare chauvinism

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{{short description|Policy advocating welfare benefits just for certain groups}}
{{short description|Policy advocating welfare benefits just for certain groups}}
'''Welfare chauvinism'''{{cite book |last=Greve |first=Bent |title=Welfare, Populism and Welfare Chauvinism |edition=1st |publisher=Bristol University Press |year=2019 |jstor=ctvhrd13m |doi=10.2307/j.ctvhrd13m |access-date=16 March 2025 |url=https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/welfare-populism-and-welfare-chauvinism}}{{cite journal |last1=Ford |first1=R. |last2=Sobolewska |first2=M. |last3=Kootstra |first3=A. |year=2025 |title=What drives welfare chauvinism in Europe? |journal=West European Politics |pages=1–29 |doi=10.1080/01402382.2024.2443725|doi-access=free }}{{cite book |last=Eick |first=Gianna Maria |title=Welfare Chauvinism in Europe: How Education, Economy and Culture Shape Public Attitudes |date=9 January 2024 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=9781803925523 |doi=10.4337/9781803925530 |pages=188 |series=Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2024 |url=https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/welfare-chauvinism-in-europe-9781803925523.html}} or '''welfare state nationalism''' is the political notion that [[welfare benefits]] should be restricted to certain groups, particularly to the natives of a country as opposed to immigrants, or should be for the majority, excluding [[ethnic minorities]].
'''Welfare chauvinism'''{{cite book |last=Greve |first=Bent |title=Welfare, Populism and Welfare Chauvinism |edition=1st |publisher=Bristol University Press |year=2019 |jstor=ctvhrd13m |doi=10.2307/j.ctvhrd13m |access-date=16 March 2025 |url=https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/welfare-populism-and-welfare-chauvinism}}{{cite journal |last1=Ford |first1=R. |last2=Sobolewska |first2=M. |last3=Kootstra |first3=A. |year=2025 |title=What drives welfare chauvinism in Europe? |journal=West European Politics |pages=1–29 |doi=10.1080/01402382.2024.2443725|doi-access=free }}{{cite book |last=Eick |first=Gianna Maria |title=Welfare Chauvinism in Europe: How Education, Economy and Culture Shape Public Attitudes |date=9 January 2024 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=9781803925523 |doi=10.4337/9781803925530 |pages=188 |series=Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2024 |url=https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/welfare-chauvinism-in-europe-9781803925523.html}} or '''welfare state nationalism''' is the label uaed by left wing political ideologies on qualifying access to [[welfare benefits]] to groups with strong or native links to a country as opposed to immigrants, asylum seekers or those with no link to the community.


It is used as an argument by [[right-wing populism|right-wing populist parties]], to connect the problems of the [[welfare state]] to [[immigration]] and welfare recipients. The focus is placed on categorising state residents in two extremes: the "nourishing" and "debilitating" and the contradiction between them in the competition for the society's resources.{{Harvnb|Rydgren|2005}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}{{Harvnb|Mény|Surel|2002}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}{{Harvnb|Rydgren|Widfeldt|2004}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}
It is used as an argument by [[right-wing populism|right-wing populist parties]], to connect the problems of the [[welfare state]] to [[immigration]] and welfare recipients. The focus is placed on categorising state residents in two extremes: the "nourishing" and "debilitating" and the contradiction between them in the competition for the society's resources.{{Harvnb|Rydgren|2005}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}{{Harvnb|Mény|Surel|2002}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}{{Harvnb|Rydgren|Widfeldt|2004}}{{Request quotation|date=January 2026}}