The Politics of Pension Reform: Institutions and Policy Change in Western Europe

by Giuliano Bonoli

Overview

European pension systems are increasingly under pressure. In this book Giuliano Bonoli examines policymakers' efforts to cope, caught between public support for existing pension schemes and the expected inability to sustain current arrangements in the context of an aging population. This book compares and assesses the process of pension policy-making in the UK, France and Switzerland, examining the factors that influence pension reform. The book looks at new pension legislation, demographic change, and pension financing, and will be of interest to policymakers as well as students of the welfare state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521772327
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/14/2000
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.79(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Dimensions of the pension problem: institutions, economics and politics; 2. Understanding the politics of pension reform: a theoretical framework; 3. Britain: pension reform through majority rule; 4. Switzerland: the politics of consensual retrenchment; 5. France: the search for an elusive consensus; 6. Institutions, power concentration and pension reform.

Editorial Reviews

"[Bonoli's] findings are complling grist for contemplating the new politics of pension reform and make this book a worthy read." Robert Henry Cox, Political Science Quarterely

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