Handbook on the political economy of social policy / edited by Bent Greve, (Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark), Amílcar Moreira, (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Minna van Gerven, (Professor of Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greve, Bent, editor.

Moreira, Amilcar, editor.

Gerven, Minna van, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar handbooks in social policy and welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Economic aspects.

Social policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Research in social policy has been greatly influenced by the emergence of modern political economy in the late 1970s. The Handbook on the Political Economy of Social Policy offers a systematic, yet comprehensive, framework for understanding how concepts, theoretical standpoints and methodological approaches stemming from political economy have been applied to the study of social policies, and models of welfare provision. The authors also signpost current developments and discuss their likely impact on future research. With contributions from leading scholars in social policy, political science and political economy, The Handbook explores the key theoretical standpoints for understanding how social policies are introduced and/or reformed. These include historical institutionalism, the role of ideas, the influence of political parties and of political attitudes and preferences. The contributors also discuss key methodological approaches for understanding how social policies are adopted and how they change - from the case-study approach to more comparative approaches. Analysis of the applications of political economy approaches within social policy covers housing, welfare, labour relations and pensions as well as examining regional cases from across the globe. Offering a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship on the political economy of social policy, this Handbook will be crucial reading for scholars and students of social policy, welfare state analysis, area studies, political science, political economy and sociology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: List of contributors

1. Introduction: What is political economy and social policy? / Bent Greve, Minna Van Gerven and Amílcar Moreira

Part I: Theories and mechanisms

2. Historical institutionalism and social policy / Ian Greener and Martin Powell

3. The micro-foundations of social policy: Attitudes and preferences / Marius R. Busemeyer

4. Ideas as explanations in social policy analysis / Daniel Béland and Ronen Mandelkern

5. The resurgence of partisanship in social policymaking / Ian P. McManus

6. Welfare state, rent seeking and interest groups / François Facchini

Part II: Methods

7. Within-case and process tracing analysis: Reviewing challenges and opportunities for social policy research / Hyungyung Moon and Antonios Roumpakis

8. The configurational approach in comparative social policy analysis: Advances in capturing the impact of globalisation on social policymaking in moderate-n research designs / Stefan Kühner, Gibrán Cruz-Martínez and Nan Yang

9. Studying the welfare state by analysing time-series cross-section data / Federico Podestà

10. Measuring welfare regimes across space and time: A preliminary review of methods and substance / Emanuele Ferragina and Federico Danilo Filetti

Part III: Applications

11. The political economy of poverty and inequality / Paolo Agnolin, Elena Marsegli and Zachary Parolin

12. The political economy of fiscal welfare / Emmanuele Pavolini, Matteo Jessoula and Marcello Natili

13. Global taxation and national welfare states / Priyaranjan Jha and Rahul Mukherjee

14. How organized interests shape labour relations and social policies / Benedikt Bender and Bernhard Ebbinghaus

15. The political economy of active labour market policy / Giuliano Bonoli

16. The political economy of pension policy / Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Tobias Wiß

17. Care regimes in Europe: A dynamic view of typologies and evolving long-term care policies over time / Cassandra Simmons, Viktoria Szenkurök and Ricardo Rodrigues

18. Political economy of housing policy / Stephan Köppe and Michael Byrne

19. Local policy development / Elisabetta Mocca and Yuri Kazepov

20. Quo vadis European welfare states: United in diversity or steering towards convergence? / Minna van Gerven and Bent Greve

21. Latin American social policy from the 2000s to the covid- / pandemic: a tale of successes and shortcomings / Camila Arza and Juliana Martínez Franzoni

22. Political economy of the east asian welfare states: Partisan politics in social investment policies in south korea and taiwan / Ijin Hong, Fen-ling Chen and Shih-Jiunn Shi

23. Europe's comparative political economy of social investment reform in times of recession and pandemic / Anton Hemerijck

24. How to balance sustainability and social policy? / Milena Büchs

25. Conclusion: The political economy of social policy - a brief state of the art / Amílcar Moreira, Minna Van Gerven and Bent Greve.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035306497 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

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