Comparative politics of universalistic social policy : Cross-national analysis through qualitative and quantitative approaches

本研究项目的目的是探索是什么决定了发达工业化民主国家普遍的社会福利计划的变化。定量研究分析了养老项目的公共支出，并对瑞典、日本和美国的定性案例进行了分析，结果表明，选举规则和政党制度影响了发达工业化国家公共养老项目的差异。

The purpose of this research project is to explore what determines the variation of universalistic social welfare programs across advanced industrialized democracies. The quantitative study analyzing public expenditures for elderly care programs and the qualitative case studies of Sweden, Japan and the United States reveal that electoral rules and party systems influence the variation of public elderly care programs across advanced industrialized countries.