The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State

• List of contributors; List of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Methodological innovations in comparative political economy: an introduction Thomas Janoski and Alexander M. Hicks; Part I. Time-Series Analysis: 2. Introduction to time-series analysis Thomas Janoski and Larry W. Isaac; 3. Direct state intervention in the labour market: the explanation of active labour market policy from 1950 to 1988 in social democratic, conservative and liberal regimes Thomas Janoski; 4. Quality of quantity in comparative/historical analysis: temporally changing wage labour regimes in the United States and Sweden Larry W. Isaac, Susan M. Carlson and Mary P. Mathis; 5. The politics of public and private investment in Britain John R. Freeman and James E. Alt; Part II. Pooled Time-Series and Cross-Sectional Analysis: 6. Introduction to pooling Alexander M. Hicks; 7. The social democratic corporatist model of economic performance in short- and medium-run perspective Alexander M. Hicks; 8. National variation in the fortunes of labour: a pooled and cross-sectional analysis of the impact of economic crisis in the advanced capitalist nations Philip J. O'Connell; Part III. Event History Analysis: 9. Introduction to event history methods David Strang; 10. Welfare state development in a world system context: event history analysis of first social insurance legislation among 60 countries, 1880–1960 Chikako Usui; 11. British and French political institutions and the patterning of decolonisation David Strang; Part IV. Boolean Analysis: 12. Introduction to qualitative comparative analysis Charles C. Ragin; 13. A qualitative comparative analysis of pension systems Charles C. Ragin; 14. The politics of social security: on regressions, qualitative comparisons and cluster analysis Olli Kangas; 15. Conclusion: quo vadis political economy? Theory and methodology in the comparative analysis of the welfare state Thomas Janoski and Alexander M. Hicks; Author index; Subject index.

"...the authors do admirably acheive their stated goal of presenting new methods in comparative/historical research by narrowly focusing their exposition of the political economy of the welfare state." Southeastern Political Review