Colliver, Kit orcid.org/0000-0002-7578-3332 and Hudson, John Robert orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-384X (2025) Exploring the links between punitiveness and political economy:are criminal justice regimes a key dimension of varieties of capitalism in OECD countries? Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2169-978X
Abstract
The varieties of capitalism thesis suggest high-income democracies cluster into distinct types, with complementarities between political, economic, and social institutions shaping long-run cross-national differences. Although featuring strongly in the comparative political economy and social policy literatures, criminal justice has received relatively little attention in this debate, but some have suggested penal policy variations map against varieties of capitalism ideal types. Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis – and data for 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries over a 25-year period – we explore connections between cross-national differences in penal punitiveness and key institutional features identified in these debates. We find that the degree of punitiveness strongly overlaps with varieties of capitalism ideal types, arguing criminal justice regimes constitute a dimension of institutional complementarity in varieties of capitalism.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Social Policy Association |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2025 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 19 May 2025 08:50 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/ics.2025.15 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/ics.2025.15 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:226819 |
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