"Comparative Social Policy" provides students with an introduction
to cross-national social policy research, conveying the fascinating
and challenging issues involved in conducting research of this
kind. The book examines the theoretical, conceptual and
methodological approaches, discusses prevailing concepts and
reflects on methodological difficulties. The authors use examples
from a wide range of social policy analysis to illustrate what can
be gained by conducting comparative social policy research.
The first part of the book provides a broad overview of the
growing interest in comparative welfare state research and a
discussion of major theoretical and methodological aspects relevant
to comparative social research in general. Part II provides readers
with an understanding of previous work in the subject, major
approaches, important concepts and theories as well as
methodological difficulties within comparative research in
particular policy fields (health, housing, family policy, social
care, social security, labour market policy).
The final section addresses particular themes and issues across
these fields and highlights the essential components of comparative
social policy research, particularly the need to explore these
issues carefully to gain awareness of subtle cross-national
differences and thus avoid misleading results.
The book includes differing country samples and sizes and takes
examples from Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region.
All the chapters reflect on relevant conceptual and methodological
approaches, each is written for the student reader and concludes
with a guide to further reading.
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