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Investigating Welfare State Change: The 'Dependent Variable Problem' in Comparative Analysis

By Jochen Clasen (Editor), Nico A. Siegel (Editor)
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Contemporary accounts of welfare state change have produced conflicting findings and incompatible theoretical explanations. To a large extent this is due to a 'dependent variable problem' within comparative research, whereby there is insufficient consideration of how to conceptualize, operationalize and measure change.

With contributions from leading international scholars, this important book presents a comprehensive examination of conventional indicators (such as social spending), availab...