Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK and Boston, USA
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Blackwell Publishers Ltd
International journal of social welfare
10 (2001), S. 0
ISSN:
1468-2397
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Sociology
Notes:
The purpose of this paper is to determine which theory best explains the development of social insurance programs. The survival analyses of 4 social insurance programs in 18 OECD countries present mixed results. The adoption of each social insurance program is developed and related to a combination of industrialism, modernization, left-wing participation, state autonomy, and international environment. Based on these findings, it is concluded that no single paradigm adequately explains the adoption of each of the social insurance programs. However, the combination of two society-centered approaches – namely, logic of industrialism and political conflict explanation – and a state-centered approach better explains the origin and development of modern social policy than does the international diffusion theory.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2397.00148
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