Welfare regime, welfare pillar and southern Europe

This paper uses a variety of methods of statistical cluster analysis to examine how EU countries (other than the new East European members) are grouped. Using the four dimensions, family, market vs state, religion and clientelism, the results of the analysis are that Southern European/Mediterranean...

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Published in:Journal of European social policy 2014-05, Vol.24 (2), p.135-149
Main Authors: Minas, Christos, Jacobson, David, Antoniou, Efi, McMullan, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
Cluster Analysis
Europe
European Union
Family
Ireland
Markets
Patronage
Political regimes
Religion
Religions
Social policy
Southern Europe
Statistical methods
Welfare
Welfare economics
Welfare Services
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Summary:This paper uses a variety of methods of statistical cluster analysis to examine how EU countries (other than the new East European members) are grouped. Using the four dimensions, family, market vs state, religion and clientelism, the results of the analysis are that Southern European/Mediterranean (SE/M) countries form a distinct cluster that, both in its existence and in its difference from the conservative cluster, contradicts the notion of ‘three worlds of welfare capitalism’. In addition Ireland, though not geographically contiguous, falls into the SE/M grouping.
ISSN:0958-9287
1461-7269
DOI:10.1177/0958928713517917