The Europeanization of Workplace Pensions: Economic Interests, Social Protection, and Credible Signaling

Author:   Alexandra Hennessy (Seton Hall University, New Jersey)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107041059


Pages:   189
Publication Date:   05 December 2013
Format:   Hardback
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The Europeanization of Workplace Pensions: Economic Interests, Social Protection, and Credible Signaling


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Alexandra Hennessy examines an area of Europeanization that has been largely ignored by political analysts: the development of an internal market for workplace pensions. This book offers an analysis of what is at stake in workplace pension reforms, tracing how different states approached them and how national political economy models have shaped actors' bargaining strategy at the EU level. Employing statistical analysis, formal modelling, and in-depth case study research, Hennessy highlights the role of informal signalling and communication processes in designing a common pension market. This book offers a theoretical framework that accounts for historical institutionalism, informal signalling processes and discourse in the Europeanization of workplace pensions – a must-read for students of comparative social and public policy, comparative politics and European politics.

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Author:   Alexandra Hennessy (Seton Hall University, New Jersey)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781107041059


ISBN 10:   1107041058
Pages:   189
Publication Date:   05 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The European dimension of the pension challenge; 2. National pension regimes, supranational harmonization efforts; 3. The sources of pension reforms in Western Europe; 4. Informal signaling and EU-level bargaining; 5. Agenda setting and the single pension market; 6. The German position on EU pension policies; 7. The British position on EU pension policies; 8. Conclusions.

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Advance praise: 'In this rich and fascinating book, Alexandra Hennessy provides a novel theorization of both EU pensions regulation and the changing nature of European workplaces pensions. [She] carefully traces the ways in which preferences and bargaining strategies for EU coordination over pensions vary across national political economies, but are also crucially shaped by domestic and EU discourse, providing an incisively crafted explanation of the character of EU regulation over the emerging pensions markets. In so doing, she offers an important account of both workplace pension regulation in Europe and a new perspective on EU decision making in the social policy arena.' Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford


Advance praise: 'In this rich and fascinating book, Alexandra Hennessy provides a novel theorization of both EU pensions regulation and the changing nature of European workplace pensions. [She] carefully traces the ways in which preferences and bargaining strategies for EU coordination over pensions vary across national political economies, but are also crucially shaped by domestic and EU discourse, providing an incisively crafted explanation of the character of EU regulation over the emerging pensions markets. In so doing, she offers an important account of both workplace pension regulation in Europe and a new perspective on EU decision making in the social policy arena.' Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford


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Alexandra Hennessy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Seton Hall University.

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