'Sifting the wheat from the chaff': A two-dimensional discriminant analysis of welfare state regime theory
'Sifting the wheat from the chaff': A two-dimensional discriminant analysis of welfare state regime theory
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00536.x
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Bambra, Clare
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作者：
Bambra, Clare
长期以来，福利国家模型一直是比较社会政策的一个重要组成部分。然而，自从Esping-Andersen的“福利世界”类型学出版以来，福利国家分类变得特别突出，出现了许多相互竞争的类型学和分类法。每一种都基于不同的分类标准，每一种都试图捕捉福利国家的实际作用。其结果是，文献处于混乱和惰性状态，因为不清楚这些竞争系统中哪一个是目前最准确的，应该向前推进，哪些不是，也许应该被抛在后面。本文扩展了Bonoli的福利国家制度的二维分析，使用多元方差分析和判别分析，比较和对比各种分类的普遍标准。它还研究了两维方法本身的有用性，并建议如何加强它，以有利于未来的尝试，在整体福利国家建模。文章的结论是，有一些福利国家的分类比其他人更有用，特别是在反映一个二维分析方面：它从而从谷壳中筛选小麦福利国家制度理论。
Welfare state modelling has long been an important strand within comparative social policy. However, since the publication of Esping-Andersen's 'Worlds of Welfare' typology, welfare state classification has become particularly prominent and a multitude of competing typologies and taxonomies have emerged. Each of these is based on different classification criteria, and each is trying to capture what a welfare state actually does. The result is that the literature is in a state of confusion and inertia as it is unclear which of these rival systems is currently the most accurate and should be taken forward, and which are not and should perhaps be left behind. This article extends Bonoli's two-dimensional analysis of welfare state regimes by using multivariate analysis of variance and discriminant analysis to compare and contrast the various classifications on universal criteria. It also examines the usefulness of the two-dimensional approach itself and suggests how it can be enhanced to benefit future attempts at holistic welfare state modelling. The article concludes that there are some welfare state classifications that are more useful than others, especially in terms of reflecting a two-dimensional analysis: it thereby 'sifts the wheat from the chaff' in terms of welfare state regime theory.