ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Unravelling the Politics of Basic Income: How Responsive Are Policymakers to Public Opinion?
In light of growing debates on the idea of basic income (BI), the BI-RESPONS project investigates under which conditions policymakers respond to public opinion about BI. I argue that BI is a scientifically challenging case because it poses a theoretical puzzle that has hitherto not been addressed empirically. On the one hand, BI is a likely case for responsiveness to occur because its introduction would directly impact the lives of many citizens. On the other hand, BI is an unlikely case compared to most other social policies because it is characterized by a lower salience and higher radicalness. The project will solve this puzzle by uncovering (a) which types of policymakers are…
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