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The Independent Variable Problem

Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept
Buch | Softcover
XIII, 224 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-39421-9 (ISBN)

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The Independent Variable Problem - Katharina Kunißen
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This open access publication deals with the operationalisation of the welfare state as an independent variable.

To study how welfare states affect social inequality, individual behaviour, attitudes and more in different countries, an empirical operationalisation of the welfare state or specific elements of social policy is required. However, this operationalisation is fraught with some important problems. These problems essentially relate to one point: while there are a large number of contributions dealing with the measurement of differences between welfare states per se and as a dependent variable, there is a lack of feasible recommendations for a standardised operationalisation of welfare stateness as an independent variable.

So far, there has been no systematic investigation of how such different approaches may affect the results and their comparability. Also missing is an in-depth conceptual discussion of which features of the welfare state are particularly relevant for explaining certain effects.

This book fills both gaps. First, it exposes the pitfalls of existing approaches and shows how much empirical results can vary depending on the operationalisation chosen. Second, it proposes a framework for a standardised conceptualisation and operationalisation of social policies as independent variables that constrains operational decisions in a theoretically meaningful way.



Die Autorin Main research interests: Comparative welfare state research, social stratification and social inequality. Has worked at the Federal Statistical Office since 2019.

Introduction.- Premises: perspectives on the welfare state.- The welfare state as an independent variable: debates, pitfalls, potentials.- Literature review: mechanisms and hypotheses.- Welfare stateness as an explanatory concept.- Welfare stateness as an explanatory variable: empirical illustration.- Towards solving the independent variable problem.- Reference.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Sozialstrukturanalyse
Zusatzinfo XIII, 224 p. 35 illus. Textbook for German language market.
Verlagsort Wiesbaden
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 318 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte Indicator • Multilevel analysis • open access • Social Policy • Welfare State
ISBN-10 3-658-39421-8 / 3658394218
ISBN-13 978-3-658-39421-9 / 9783658394219
Zustand Neuware
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