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Author:   Martin Schludi
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9789053567401

ISBN 10:   9053567402
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   07 July 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents - 6 List of Tables/List of Figures - 7 Acknowledgements - 8 Introduction - 10 1 The Need for Pension Reform:A Problem-Oriented Perspective - 14 1.1 Public pension arrangements under adaptational pressures - 14 1.2 Specific vulnerabilities of Bismarckian pension systems - 17 1.3 Options for reform - 21 1.4 Varying degrees in the need for adjustment - 44 2 An Empirical Overview of Policy Change in Bismarckian Pension Regimes - 52 3 The Politics of Pension Reform:An Actor-Centred Explanatory Framework - 60 3.1 Social policymaking in an era of retrenchment:A review of theoretical approaches - 60 3.2 The concept of actor-centred institutionalism - 66 3.3 The politics of pension reform - 69 3.4 Summary of the theoretical framework - 87 4 Sweden:Policy-Oriented Bargaining - 90 5 Italy:Corporatist Concertation in the Shadow of EMU - 110 6 Germany:From Consensus To Conflict - 130 7 Austria:Reform Blockage by the Trade Unions - 166 8 France:Adverse Prerequisites for a Pension Consensus - 192 9 Conclusion - 220 Appendix I Summary Description of Retirement Systems (1986) - 250 Appendix II Chronology of National Pension Reforms - 260 Appendix III Glossary of Terms - 270 Notes - 274 Bibliography - 290 Index - 308

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Martin Schludi works at the Institut fur Arbeidsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nurnberg (Germany)

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