Knotz Carlo Michael, Gandenberger Mia Katharina, Fossati Flavia, Bonoli Giuliano
Department of Media and Social Sciences (IMS), University of Stavanger, Elise Ottesen-Jensens Hus, Kjell Arholms Gate 37, 4021 Stavanger, Norway.
Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), University of Lausanne & NCCR - on the move, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, Bâtiment IDHEAP, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Soc Indic Res. 2022;159(3):927-943. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02774-9. Epub 2021 Aug 20.
Many important societal debates revolve around questions of deservingness, especially when it comes to debates related to inequality and social protection. It is therefore unsurprising that a growing body of research spanning the social and political sciences is concerned with the determinants of deservingness perceptions. In this contribution, we engage with the currently central theoretical framework used in deservingness research and point out an important weakness: Partly ambiguous definitions of the framework's central concepts, the criteria for perceived deservingness. We also highlight the negative consequences this has for empirical research, including notably varying and overlapping operationalizations and thereby a lacking comparability of results across studies. Our main contribution is a redefinition of the criteria for perceived deservingness and a demonstration of the empirical implications of using this new set of criteria via original vignette survey experiments conducted in Germany and the United States in 2019. Our results provide a clearer image of which criteria drive deservingness perceptions.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11205-021-02774-9.
许多重要的社会辩论都围绕着应得性问题展开，尤其是在涉及不平等和社会保护的辩论中。因此，社会科学和政治科学领域越来越多的研究关注应得性认知的决定因素也就不足为奇了。在本论文中，我们探讨了应得性研究中当前核心的理论框架，并指出了一个重要缺陷：该框架核心概念（即感知应得性的标准）的定义部分模糊。我们还强调了这对实证研究产生的负面影响，包括显著不同且相互重叠的操作化定义，从而导致各研究结果缺乏可比性。我们的主要贡献是重新定义了感知应得性的标准，并通过2019年在德国和美国进行的原始 vignette 调查实验展示了使用这套新标准的实证意义。我们的研究结果更清晰地呈现了哪些标准驱动了应得性认知。
在线版本包含补充材料，可在10.1007/s11205-021-02774-9获取。
