Investigating welfare state change : the 'dependent variable problem' in comparative analysis /
Investigating welfare state change : the 'dependent variable problem' in comparative analysis /
edited by Jochen Clasen, Nico A. Siegel.
- xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Studies from 'thematic seminar' held in May 2005 at the University of Stirling, and then from a panel organized at the 2005 ESPAnet [European Social Policy Analysis network] conference in Fribourg, Switzerland, with the addition of results and subsequent discussions on the subject.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index.
Comparative welfare state analysis and the dependent variable problem / More than data questions and methodological issues: theoretical conceptualization and the dependent variable 'problem' in the study of welfare reform / Too narrow and too wide at once: the 'welfare state' as dependent variable in policy analysis / When (only) money matters: the pros and cons of expenditure analysis / Social expenditure under scrutiny. the problems of using aggregate spending data for assessing welfare state dynamics / Social rights, structural needs and social expenditure: a comparative study of 18 OECD countries 1960-2000 / Welfare state generosity across space and time / Levels and levers of conditionality: measuring change within welfare states / Exploring diversity: measuring welfare state change with fuzzy set methodology / Convergence in European welfare state analysis: convergence of what? / (In)dependence as dependent variable: conceptualizing and measuring 'de-familization' / Pension reform: beyond path dependency? / Jochen Clasen and Nico A Siegel -- Christoffer Green-Pedersen -- Giuliano Bonoli -- Nico A. Siegel -- Johan De Deken and Bernhard Kittel -- Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme -- Lyle Scruggs -- Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg -- Jon Kvist -- Julia O'Connor -- Sigrid Leitner and Stephan Lessenich -- Sven Jochem.
1847206913 9781847206916
Welfare state--OECD countries--Congresses
Public welfare--Evaluation--OECD countries--Congresses
OECD countries--Social policy--Evaluation--Congresses.
HN18.3 / .I58 2007
330.126
Studies from 'thematic seminar' held in May 2005 at the University of Stirling, and then from a panel organized at the 2005 ESPAnet [European Social Policy Analysis network] conference in Fribourg, Switzerland, with the addition of results and subsequent discussions on the subject.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index.
Comparative welfare state analysis and the dependent variable problem / More than data questions and methodological issues: theoretical conceptualization and the dependent variable 'problem' in the study of welfare reform / Too narrow and too wide at once: the 'welfare state' as dependent variable in policy analysis / When (only) money matters: the pros and cons of expenditure analysis / Social expenditure under scrutiny. the problems of using aggregate spending data for assessing welfare state dynamics / Social rights, structural needs and social expenditure: a comparative study of 18 OECD countries 1960-2000 / Welfare state generosity across space and time / Levels and levers of conditionality: measuring change within welfare states / Exploring diversity: measuring welfare state change with fuzzy set methodology / Convergence in European welfare state analysis: convergence of what? / (In)dependence as dependent variable: conceptualizing and measuring 'de-familization' / Pension reform: beyond path dependency? / Jochen Clasen and Nico A Siegel -- Christoffer Green-Pedersen -- Giuliano Bonoli -- Nico A. Siegel -- Johan De Deken and Bernhard Kittel -- Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme -- Lyle Scruggs -- Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg -- Jon Kvist -- Julia O'Connor -- Sigrid Leitner and Stephan Lessenich -- Sven Jochem.
1847206913 9781847206916
Welfare state--OECD countries--Congresses
Public welfare--Evaluation--OECD countries--Congresses
OECD countries--Social policy--Evaluation--Congresses.
HN18.3 / .I58 2007
330.126