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Integrating Welfare and Production Typologies: How Refinements of the Varieties of Capitalism Approach call for a Combination of Welfare Typologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2009

MARTIN SCHRÖDER
MARTIN SCHRÖDER*
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne email: schroeder@mpifg.de
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Abstract

This article argues that existing typologies on production and welfare regimes should be combined into a typology unifying the study of production and distribution in advanced capitalist countries. The article utilises a principal component and cluster analysis to show that such a typology indeed reflects the empirical diversity of countries. This is further illustrated by a brief literature review of different typologies. It is then shown how the integration of the two approaches helps to resolve problems addressed in the new literature on the varieties of capitalism approach, notably how welfare arrangements relate to production systems. Thereby, the relevance of an integrated typology for policy-makers in the fields of welfare and production will be illustrated. Lastly, some thoughts follow on how an integrated typology allows for a perspective that explains the development of various welfare and production regimes based on the common historical heritage of families of nations.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 19 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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