The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

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Where this source is used

• Esping-Andersen's influential typology compares liberal, conservative-corporatist, and social-democratic welfare-capitalist regimes through decommodification, stratification, and state-market relations.

  • supports · part I, chapters 1–3

• Esping-Andersen developed the three-regime comparison for advanced Western capitalist societies, so it cannot serve as a universal inventory of welfare institutions.

  • supports · description and part I, chapters 1–5

• A welfare-regime typology classifies recurring relationships among states, markets, households, employers, and voluntary organizations; it is not a political regime type or a name for one program.

  • supports · part I, chapters 1–5

• Welfare institutions do not by themselves establish social ownership, Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Democracy; welfare-state arrangements can retain substantial private ownership and market allocation.

  • qualifies · title, description, and part I, chapters 1–3