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1 Stundenplan von Prof. Jochen Clasen, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh Montag, bis Freitag Day Room Time Unit Title Mo SRS 09:00-10: Methodological aspects of comparative social policy 11:00-12: Quantitative and qualitative issues Di SRS 09:00-10: The emergence and development of welfare states 11:00-12: The welfare state as an object of scientific inquiry 16:00-18: Comparative Welfare State analysis and the dependent variable problem (public lecture) Mi SRS Do SRS 09:00-10: Actors, interests and institutions 11:00-12: Welfare state typologies 09:00-10: Welfare production regimes 11:00-12: Welfare reform as a central concern Fr SRS 09:00-10: Labour market policy 11:00-12: Family Policy 14:00-15: Summary and conclusion; general discussion

2 IHS Wien Jochen Clasen University of Edinburgh Comparative Social Policy October General literature: Amenta, E. (2003) What we know about the development of social policy: comparative and historical research in comparative and historical perspective, in J. Mahoney and D. Rueschemeyer (eds) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Arts, W & Gelissen, J (2002) Three worlds of welfare capitalism or more? A stateof-the-art report, Journal of European Social Policy, 12, 2, (also in C. Pierson and F. Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, 2006). Esping-Andersen, G (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity, chs.1, 2 (also in Pierson and Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, 2006) Esping-Andersen, G (1999) Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapter 5; (see: 002/toc.html). Kennett. P. (ed) A handbook of comparative social policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (chapters 5, 6, and part IV) Pierson, P. (2001) The New Politics of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, chapter 3 (80-106) and chapter 13 ( ). Specific literature for each lecture/seminar: 1. General and methodological aspects of comparative social policy Clasen, J. (2004) Defining comparative social policy, P. Kennett (ed) A handbook of comparative social policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, ch. 5 Dogan, M. and Pelassy, D. (1990) How to compare nations. Strategies in Comparative Politics, Chatham: Chatham House Publishers, pp Hantrais, L. and Mangen, S. (1996) Method and management of cross-national social research, in L. Hantrais and S. Mangen (eds) Cross-national research methods in the social sciences, London; Pinter. Øyen, E. (2004) Living with imperfect comparisons, in P. Kennett (ed) A handbook of comparative social policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, ch. 15. Sartori, G. (1994) Compare Why and How: Comparing, Miscomparing and the Comparative Method, in Dogan, Mattei and A. Kazancigil (eds.): Comparing Nations: Concepts, Strategies, Substance, London: Basil Blackwell. 2. Quantitative and qualitative issues Bradshaw, J., Ditch, J., Holmes, H. and Whiteford, P., (1993) A comparative study of child support in fifteen countries, Journal of European Social Policy, 3 (4),

3 Ebbinghaus, B. (2005) When less is more. Selection problems in large-n and small-n cross-national comparisons; International Sociology, 20, 2, Goldthorpe, J. H. (1997) Current Issues in Comparative Macrosociology: A Debate on Methodological Issues, Comparative Social Research, 16, Ragin, C. (1987) The comparative method, Berkeley: University of California Press, ch. 3. Ragin, C. (1997) Turning the tables. How case-oriented research challenges variable oriented research, Comparative Social Research, vol. 16, Mahoney, J. (2004) Strategies of causal assessment in comparative historical analysis, in J. Mahoney and D. Rueschemeyer (eds) Comparative historical analysis in the social sciences, Cambidge: Cambrige University Press, ch Comparative Welfare State analysis and the dependent variable problem (public lecture) Bonoli, G. (2007) Too narrow and too wide at once: the welfare state as dependent variable in policy analysis, in J. Clasen and N.A. Siegel (eds) Investigating welfare state change. The dependent variable problem in comparative analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Castles, F. and Obinger, H. (2007) Social Expenditure and the Politics of Redistribution, Journal of European Social Policy (3, forthcoming) Clasen, J. and Siegel, N.A. (2007) Comparative welfare state analysis and the dependent variable problem, in J. Clasen and N. Siegel (eds) Investigating welfare state change the dependent variable problem in comparative analysis, Edward Elgar, Clasen, J. and Clegg, D. (2007) Levels and levers of conditionality measuring change in mature welfare states, in J. Clasen and N.A. Siegel (eds) Investigating welfare state change the dependent variable problem in comparative analysis, Edward Elgar, The welfare state as an object of scientific inquiry Amenta, E. (2003) What we know about the development of social policy: comparative and historical research in comparative and historical perspective, in J. Mahoney and D. Rueschemeyer (eds) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Bonoli, G. (2007) Too narrow and too wide at once: the welfare state as dependent variable in policy analysis, in J. Clasen and N.A. Siegel (eds) Investigating welfare state change. The dependent variable problem in comparative analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Clasen, J. and van Oorschot, W. Changing Principles in European Social Security, European Journal of Social Security, 4, 2, , Emergence and development of welfare states Baldwin, P. (1989) The Scandinavian origins of the social interpretation of the welfare state, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Volume 31(1), pp Pierson, C. (2006) Beyond the Welfare State? The New Political Economy of Welfare (3 rd edition), Cambridge: Policy, chapters 1 and 3

4 Shalev, M. (1983) The social democratic model and beyond: two generations of comparative research on the welfare state, Comparative Social Research, 6, Van Kersbergen, K. (1995) Social Capitalism: Christian Democracy and the Welfare State in Europe, London: Routledge, chapters 1 and 2 Immergut, E. (1990) Institutions, veto points and policy results: a comparative analysis of health care, Journal of Public Policy, volume 10, pp Wilensky, H. (1981) Leftism, catholicism and democratic corporatism: The role of political parties in recent welfare state development, in Flora, P. and Heidenheimer, A. (eds.) The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America, New Brunswick: Transaction, pp Actors, interests and institutions Esping-Andersen, G (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Cambridge: Polity, ch 1. Briggs, A. (originally 1961) The welfare state in historical perspective, (abridged version in C. Pierson and F. G. Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, pp16-29). Ganssmann, H. (2000) Politische Ökonomie des Sozialstaats, Westfälisches Dampfboot, Kapitel 1-3. Ganssmann, H. (1991) Pull-down effects, unemployment and interests in the welfare state, in M. Adler et al (eds), The Sociology of Social Security, Edinburgh University Press, Korpi, W. (2006) Power resources and employer-centred approaches in explanations of welfare states and varieties of capitalism: protagonists, consenters, and antagonists, World Politics, 58, 2, Marshall, T.H. (1949 original) Citizenship and Social Class (extracted version in C. Pierson and F. G. Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, pp30-39). Mares, I. (2003) The politics of social risk: business and welfare state development, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 2. Mares, I. (2000) Strategic alliances and social policy reform: Unemployment insurance in comparative perspective, Politics and Society, volume 28, pp Swenson, P. (1991) Bringing capital back in or social democracy reconsidered, World Politics, Volume 43(4), pp Typologies Arts, W & Gelissen, J (2002) Three worlds of welfare capitalism or more? A stateof-the-art report, Journal of European Social Policy, 12, 2, (also in Pierson and Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, 2006). Bonoli, G. (1997) Classifying welfare states: a two-dimension approach, Journal of Social Policy, 26, 3, Esping-Andersen, G (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity, chs.1, 2 (also in Pierson and Castles, eds, The Welfare State Reader, 2006) Esping-Andersen, G (1999) Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapter 5; (see: 002/toc.html).

5 Lewis, J. (1992), Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes, Journal of European Social Policy 2 (3): Scruggs, Lyle and James Allan (2006), Welfare State Decommodification in Eighteen OECD Countries: A Replication and Revision, Journal of European Social Policy 16(1): Welfare production regimes Bonoli, G. (2003), Social Policy Through Labour Markets. Understanding National Differences in the Provision of Economic Security to Wage Earners, Comparative Political Studies, 36: Estevez-Abe, M., Iversen, T. and Soskice, D. (2001) Social protection and the formation of skills: a reinterpretation of the welfare state, in Hall, P. and Soskice, D. (eds.) Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp Hall, PA & Soskice, D (eds.) (2001) Varieties of Capitalism: the Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, chs.1. Iversen, T. (2005) Capitalism, Democracy and Welfare, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chapter 2. Pontusson, J. (2005) Inequality and Prosperity. Social Europe versus Liberal America, New York: Cornell University Press, ch 1 and Welfare reform as a central concern Clasen, J. (2005), Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch 2 and 3 (see: ( tml). Clayton, R. and Pontusson, J. (1998) Welfare State Retrenchment Revisited, World Politics, Vol. 51, Cox, Robert H. (2001), The Social Construction of an Imperative. Why Welfare Reform happened in Denmark and the Netherlands, but not in Germany, World Politics, 53 (3): Green-Pedersen, C. and M. Haverland (2002), The New Politics of the Welfare State and the New Scholarship of the Welfare State, Journal of European Social Policy 12 (1): Pierson, P. (2001) The New Politics of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, chapter 3 (80-106) and chapter 13 ( ). 10. Labour market policy Clasen, J. (2005), Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch 4. ( tml). Clasen, J. and Clegg, D., (2006) Beyond activation: reforming European unemployment protection systems in post-industrial labour markets, European Societies, 8, 4, , 2006.

6 11. Family policy Clasen, J. (2005), Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch 6. ( tml). O Connor, J, Orloff, A.S. and Shaver, S. (1999) States, Markets, families, Cambridge: Cambridge University press. Pfennig, A. and Bahle, T. (2000) Families and Family Policy in Europe, Brussels: Peter Lang.

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