Investigating welfare state change : the 'dependent variable problem' in comparative analysis / edited by Jochen Clasen, Nico A. Siegel.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1847206913
- 9781847206916
- 330.126 22
- HN18.3 .I58 2007
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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 / Jochen Clasen and Nico A Siegel -- More than data questions and methodological issues: theoretical conceptualization and the dependent variable 'problem' in the study of welfare reform / Christoffer Green-Pedersen -- Too narrow and too wide at once: the 'welfare state' as dependent variable in policy analysis / Giuliano Bonoli -- When (only) money matters: the pros and cons of expenditure analysis / Nico A. Siegel -- Social expenditure under scrutiny. the problems of using aggregate spending data for assessing welfare state dynamics / Johan De Deken and Bernhard Kittel -- Social rights, structural needs and social expenditure: a comparative study of 18 OECD countries 1960-2000 / Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme -- Welfare state generosity across space and time / Lyle Scruggs -- Levels and levers of conditionality: measuring change within welfare states / Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg -- Exploring diversity: measuring welfare state change with fuzzy set methodology / Jon Kvist -- Convergence in European welfare state analysis: convergence of what? / Julia O'Connor -- (In)dependence as dependent variable: conceptualizing and measuring 'de-familization' / Sigrid Leitner and Stephan Lessenich -- Pension reform: beyond path dependency? / Sven Jochem.
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