Marshall, Gordon, Swift, Adam, Routh, David and Burgoyn, Carole (1999) What is and what ought to be popular beliefs about distributive justice in thirteen countries. European Sociological Review, Volume 15 (Number 4). pp. 349-367. ISSN 0266-7215.

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Abstract

This paper tests two of the major theses in the literature on popular beliefs about distributive justice, using attitudinal data from linked sample surveys fielded in thirteen established Westerndemocratic and newly post-communist industrial nations. One is the speculation that levels of public support for distributions in accordance with desert-type criteria may be radically reduced in non-market societies. The other is the suggestion that beliefs about what is (cognition) are closely related to those about what ought to be (evaluation). Our results suggest important differences in the perception of how goods are actually distributed within the two regime types under scrutiny. However the degree of public support for principles of desert appears to be high in market and non-market societies alike. These findings seem to refute both theses

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	European Sociological Review
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0266-7215
Official Date:	December 1999
Dates:	Date Event December 1999 Published
Volume:	Volume 15
Number:	Number 4
Page Range:	pp. 349-367
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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