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'The good, the bad, and the ugly': Esping-Andersen's Regime Typology and the Religious Roots of the Western Welfare State

'The good, the bad, and the ugly' - Esping-Andersen's Regime-Typologie und die religiösen Wurzeln der westlichen Wohlfahrtsstaaten
[working paper]

Manow, Philip

Corporate Editor
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung

Abstract

"Folgt man dem einflussreichsten Beitrag zur vergleichenden Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung der letzten Zeit, Esping-Andersens ‘Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism’, so tritt der entwickelte westliche Sozialstaat in drei Varianten auf: entweder als sozialdemokratisches, oder als konservatives, oder als l... view more

"Folgt man dem einflussreichsten Beitrag zur vergleichenden Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung der letzten Zeit, Esping-Andersens ‘Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism’, so tritt der entwickelte westliche Sozialstaat in drei Varianten auf: entweder als sozialdemokratisches, oder als konservatives, oder als liberales Wohlfahrtsstaatsregime. Ein genauerer Blick zeigt jedoch, dass Esping-Andersens Typenbildung und Länderzuordnungen insbesondere im Fall des konservativen Regimes problematisch sind. In diesem Papier argumentiere ich, dass gravierende Probleme daherrühren, dass seine Theorie vornehmlich den Klassenkonflikt, nur sehr selektiv aber den Einfluss konfessioneller Faktoren in den Blick nimmt. Wesentliche empirische Unstimmigkeiten seines Ansatzes lassen sich lösen, wenn man neben der Bedeutung der katholischen Soziallehre für den institutionellen Entwicklungspfad des entwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaates auch den Einfluss des Protestantismus, und hier insbesondere den Einfluss der reformierten protestantischen Strömungen, in den Blick nimmt. Der Beitrag zeigt dies mit vergleichenden Daten sowohl für die Frühphase (1890-1920) als auch für die Hochzeit des entwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaats (1960-1990)." [Autorenreferat]... view less


"Esping-Andersen’s ‚Three World of Welfare Capitalism’ has been the most influential contribution of recent years to the comparative welfare state research literature. According to Esping-Andersen, the welfare state basically comes in three variants: as a social-democratic, a conservative, or as a... view more

"Esping-Andersen’s ‚Three World of Welfare Capitalism’ has been the most influential contribution of recent years to the comparative welfare state research literature. According to Esping-Andersen, the welfare state basically comes in three variants: as a social-democratic, a conservative, or as a liberal regime. Yet, at a closer look particularly the conservative regime type proves to be a highly problematic category. The article claims that major problems of the ‘three worlds’-typology originate from Esping- Andersen’s sole focus on the class conflict, whereas he only very selectively accounts for the importance of religious cleavages. Major empirical problems of his approach vanish once we take into account not only the impact of the Catholic social doctrine on the development of the welfare state, but consider also the influence of social Protestantism, especially that of reformed, ‚free’, disestablished or dissenting Protestantism. The paper substantiates this claim with data-analysis for the early formative period of welfare state formation (1890-1920) and for its times of growth and crisis (1960s-1990)." [author's abstract]... view less

Keywords
welfare state; religion; social democracy; conservatism; liberalism; political regime; typology; Catholic social teaching; Protestant social ethics; Protestantism; Catholicism; twentieth century

Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology of Religion

Method
descriptive study

Document language
English

Publication Year
2004

City
Köln

Series
MPIfG Working Paper, 3

Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44286

ISSN
1864-4333

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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