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Majoritarian systems, rural groups, and (arrested) welfare state development

Rasmussen, Magnus Bergli; Knutsen, Carl Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

While some scholars suggest that rural groups contribute to welfare state expansion, we highlight their incentives to restrain it. The ability of rural groups to achieve this preference hinges on their power resources, but ...
The Autocratic Welfare State: Resource distribution, credible commitments and political survival

Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Rasmussen, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)

In this article, we argue that autocratic regimes are no less likely than democracies to adopt old-age pensions, although autocratic programs are less universal in their coverage. Our theoretical argument focuses on the ...