Ageing and Pension Reform Around the World : Evidence from Eleven Countries
G. Bonoli
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (293 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Population ageing and the logics of pension reform in Western Europe, East Asia and North America; Chapter 2: Reconfiguring Italian pensions: From policy stalemate to comprehensive reforms; Chapter 3: New century - new paradigm: Pension reforms in Germany; Chapter 4: The politics of pension reform in France: The end of exceptionalism?; Chapter 5: Pension reform in Sweden: Radical reform in a mature pension system; Chapter 6: UK pension reform: A test case for a liberal welfare state?. - Chapter 7: Switzerland: Adapting pensions within tight institutional constraintsChapter 8: The politics of pension reform in Japan: Institutional legacies, credit-claiming and blame avoidance; Chapter 9: Pension reform in Taiwan: The old and the new politics of welfare; Chapter 10: Pension reform in Korea: Conflict between social solidarity and long-term financial sustainability; Chapter 11: Public pensions reform in the United States; Chapter 12: Stasis amidst change: canadian pension reform in an age of retenchment; Index. - Population ageing and the resulting pressures on existing pension systems constitutes one of the most important challenges modern societies will have to face over the coming decades. Although governments have responded to such pressures by adopting a plethora of pension reforms, the adaptation process is far from over.
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| ISBN | 1843767716
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