The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment: Blame avoidance or credit claiming in the era of permanent austerity?

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Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions (2016, unknown): “…purposes in various settings and have explored the conditions under which of ﬁ ceholders can successfully apply such strategies (Vis, 2009; Giger and Nelson, 2011; Wenzelburger, 2011; Mortensen, 2012; Jensen and Mortensen, 2014; Wenzelburger, 2014; Vis, 2016; Hinterleitner et al .,…”
How party linkages shape austerity politics: clientelism and fiscal adjustment in Greece and Portugal during the eurozone crisis (2015, background): “More recently, however, research has shown that parties display different stances towards retrenching the welfare state (Allan and Scruggs 2004), and that some parties can even be rewarded electorally for retrenching social programs (Giger and Nelson, 2011; Schumacher et al. 2013).”