Testing old theories in new surroundings: The timing of first social security laws in Africa

International Social Security Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-97

  Kangas, Olli E ^a  

^a SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; History; Political aspect; Social security scheme; Sociological aspect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855315961     PISSN: 0020871X     EISSN: 1468246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2011.01420.x     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Acemoglu, D.; Johnson, S.; Robinson, J. 2001. "The colonial origins of comparative development: An empirical investigation", in American Economic Review, Vol. 91, No. 5.
2. Adésínà, J. (ed.). 2007. Social policy in Sub-Saharan African context: In search of inclusive development. Basingstoke, Macmillan/Palgrave.
3. Alber, J. 1982. Vom Armenhaus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat. Frankfurt, Campus Verlag.
4. Allison, P. 1984. Event history analysis. Regression for longitudinal event data. London, Sage.
5. ARP. various years. Africa Research Program. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University - Africa Research Program. <> (accessed on 11.05.2011).
6. Bevan, P. 2004. "The dynamics of Africa's in/security regime", in I. Gough et al., Insecurity and welfare regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
7. Box-Steffensmeier, J. M.; Jones, B. S. 2004. Event history modeling. A guide for social scientists. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press.
8. Carroll, E. 1999. Emergence and structuring of social insurance institutions. Edsbruk, Akademitryck.
9. Cooper, F. 2002. Africa since 1940: The past of the present. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
10. Curtin, P. et al. 1995. African history: From earliest times to independence. London, Longman.
11. Esping-Andersen, G. 1985. Politics against markets. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press.
12. Esping-Andersen, G. 1990. The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Cambridge, Polity Press.
13. Esser, I. et al. 2009. "A framework for comparing social protection in developing and developed countries: The example of child benefits", in International Social Security Review, Vol. 62, No. 1.
14. Evans, P.; Rueschmeyer, D.; Skocpol, T. (eds.). 1985. Bringing the state back in. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
15. Ferrarini, T. 2006. Families, states and labour markets: Institutions, causes and consequences of family policy in post-war welfare states. Cheltenhamn, E. Elgar.
16. Freund, B. 1998. The making of contemporary Africa: The development of African society since 1800. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner.
17. Geertz, C. 1972. The interpretation of cultures. New York, NY, Basic Books.
18. Gough, I. 1979. The political economy of the welfare state. London, Macmillan.
19. Gough, I. et al. 2004. Insecurity and welfare regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press.
20. Griffin, L.; Linden, M. van der (eds.). 1998. "New methods for social history", in International Review of Social History, Vol. 43, Suppl. 6.
21. Heclo, H. 1974. Modern social policies in Britain and Sweden. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press.
22. Heston, A. et al. various years. Penn World Table. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania. <> (accessed on 11.05.2011).
23. Hiilamo, H.; Kangas, O. 2009. "Trap for women or freedom to choose?: The struggle over cash for child care schemes in Finland and Sweden", in Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 38, No. 3.
24. Hofman, S. R. 2004. "Islam and democracy: Micro-level indications of compatibility", in Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 37, No. 6.
25. Huber, E.; Stephens, J. 2001. Development and crisis of the welfare state: Parties and policies in global markets. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press.
26. Immergut, E. 1992. The political construction of interests: National health insurance politics in Switzerland, France, and Sweden, 1930-1970. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press.
27. Kangas, O. 1991. The politics of social rights: Studies on the dimensions of sickness insurance in OECD Countries. Edsbruk, Akademitryck.
28. Karshenas, M.; Moghadan, V. (eds.). 2006. Social policy in the Middle-East: Economic, political, and gender dynamics. Basingstoke, Palgrave/Macmillan.
29. Kerr, C. et al. 1960. Industrialism and industrial man. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
30. van Kersbergen, K. 1995. Social capitalism: A study of christian democracy and the welfare state. London, Routledge.
31. Korpi, W. 1983. The democratic class struggle. London, Routledge.
32. Korpi, W.; Palme, J. 2003. "New politics and class politics in the context of austerity and globalization: Welfare state regress in 18 countries, 1975-95", in American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 3. T. Mkandawire (ed.), Social policy in a development context. Basingstoke, Palgrave.
33. Lamoreaux, N.; Rosenthal, J. L. 2005. "Legal regimes and business organizational choice", in American Law and Economic Review, Vol. 7, No. 1.
34. Lijphart, A. 1999. Patterns of democracy: Government forms and performance in thirty-six countries. New Haven, NJ, Yale University Press.
35. Lin, K. 1999. The Confucian welfare cluster: A cultural interpretation of social welfare (Acta Universitatis Tamperensis, No.645). Tampere, Tampere University Press.
36. Marshall, M. M. 2011. Polity IV Project: Political regime characteristics and transitions, 1800-2009. Vienna, VA, Center for Systemic Peace. <> (accessed on 11.05.2011).
37. Mhone, G. 2004. "Historical trajectories of social policy in post-colonial Africa".
38. Obinger, H. 1998. "Federalism, direct democracy, and welfare state development in Switzerland", in Journal of Public Politics, Vol. 18, Vol. 3.
39. Oliver, R.; Atmore, A. 2005. Africa since 1800. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
40. Olukoshi, A. O. (ed.). 1998. The politics of opposition in contemporary Africa. Uppsala, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.
41. van Oorschot, W.; Opielka, M.; Pfau-Effinger, B. (eds.). 2008. Culture and welfare state: Values and social policy in comparative perspective. Cheltenham, E. Elgar.
42. Orloff, A. S.; Skocpol, T. 1984. "Why not equal protection?: Explaining the politics of public spending in Britain, 1900-1911, and the United States, 1880s-1920", in American Sociological Review, Vol. 49, No. 6.
43. Osaghae, E. 1999. "Democracy and national cohesion in multiethnic African states: South Africa and Nigeria compared", in Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 5, No. 2.
44. Palier, B. (eds.). 2010. A long goodbye to Bismarck? The politics of welfare reform in continental Europe. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press.
45. Palme, J. 1990. Pension rights in welfare capitalism. Edsbruk, Akademitryck.
46. Pavalko, E. 1989. "State timing of policy action: Workmen's compensation in the United States, 1909-1929", in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 95, No. 3.
47. Pfau-Effinger, B. 2005. "Culture and Welfare State Policies: Reflections on a Complex Interrelation", in Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 34, No. 1.
48. Rabe-Hesketh, S.; Everitt, B. 2004. A handbook of analyses using stata. London, Chapman & Hall/CRC.
49. Remmer, K. 2010. "Why do small states have big governments?" in European Political Science Review, Vol. 2, No. 1.
50. Ritter, G. A. 1986. Social welfare in Germany and Britain. Leamington, Berg.
51. Rueschemeyer, D.; Huber-Stephens, E.; Stephens, J. 1992. Capitalist development and democracy. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press.
52. Skocpol, T. 1992. Protecting soldiers and mothers. The political origins of social policy in the United States. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
53. SSA; ISSA. various years. Social security programs throughout the world. Washington, DC, Social Security Administration. <>.
54. Steinmo, S.; Thelen, K.; Longstreth, F. (eds.). 1992. Structuring politics: Historical institutionalism in comparative analysis. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
55. Tabellini, G. 2005. Culture and Institutions: Economic development in the regions of Europe (Working paper, No. 292). Milan, Bocconi University - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute of Economic Research.
56. Usui, C. 1994. "Welfare state development in a world system context: Event history analysis of first social insurance legislation among 60 countries, 1880-1960", in T. Janoski and A. Hicks (eds.), The comparative political economy of the welfare state. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
57. Weber, M. 1978. Economy and society (1st German ed. 1922, 1st English ed. 1968). Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.
58. Wilensky, H. 1975. The welfare state and equality. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.
59. Wilensky, H.; Lebeaux, C. 1958. Industrial society and social welfare. New York, NY, Russell Sage Foundation.