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Religion und Arbeitnehmerschutzgesetzgebung: Eine Fuzzy Set‐Analyse
Author(s) -
Emmenegger Patrick
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2008.tb00097.x
Subject(s) - protestantism , legislation , religiosity , argument (complex analysis) , politics , sociology , variation (astronomy) , political science , set (abstract data type) , positive economics , law , economics , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , astrophysics , programming language
This article focuses on the relationship between religion and employment protection legislation in Western democracies. While Esping‐Andersen claimed that catholic social teaching is the most important determinant of the level employment protection legislation, we argue that his argument must be extended by introducing political actors, religiosity and a distinction between lutheran and reformed Protestantism. The empirical part shows that religious factors can explain part of the observed variation, but the discussed extensions prove to be crucial.