| Description |
xvi, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Contents |
1. Methodological innovations in comparative political economy: an introduction / Thomas Janoski and Alexander M. Hicks -- Pt. I. Time-Series Analysis. 2. Introduction to time-series analysis / Thomas Janoski and Larry W. Isaac. 3. Direct state intervention in the labor market: the explanation of active labor 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 labor 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 -- Pt. 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 |
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8. National variation in the fortunes of labor: a pooled and cross-sectional analysis of the impact of economic crisis in the advanced capitalist nations / Philip J. O'Connell -- Pt. 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 decolonization / David Strang -- Pt. 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 |
| Analysis |
Economics Related to Politics |
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Public services |
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Economics Related to Politics |
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Welfare state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Comparative economics.
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Welfare economics.
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Welfare state.
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| Author |
Hicks, Alexander M.
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| LC no. |
93017335 |
| ISBN |
0521434734 |
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0521436028 |
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