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- Title
Welfare Chauvinism, Populist Radical Right Parties and Health Inequalities.
- Authors
Bambra, Clare; Lynch, Julia
- Abstract
In this short commentary, we examine the implications of the welfare chauvinism of the populist radical right (PRR) for health inequalities by examining the international evidence about the impact of previous periods of welfare state contraction on population health and health inequalities. We argue that parties from various political traditions have in fact long engaged in stigmatisation of welfare recipients to justify welfare state retrenchment, a technique that the PRR have now 'weaponised.' We conclude by reflecting on implications of the rise of the PRR for the future of welfare states and health inequalities in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
- Subjects
HEALTH equity; NEW right (Politics); COVID-19; WELFARE state; POPULATION health
- Publication
International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 9, p581
- ISSN
2322-5939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34172/ijhpm.2020.149