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OverviewIn the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income, and they provoked widespread protests from workers and pensioners alike. This book is a study of the origins of this surprising trend. Drawing on original field research, including interviews with key policymakers, Madrid argues that the recent reforms were driven not by social policy, but by macroeconomic concerns. Countries facing growing financial pressures chose to privatize their pension systems largely to boost their domestic savings rate and reduce public pension spending in the long run. The author explores his arguments through detailed case studies of pension reforms in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, a survey of social security privatization efforts in East Europe and Latin America as a whole, and a quantitative analysis of pension privatization worldwide. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raul L. MadridPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9780804747073ISBN 10: 0804747075 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 28 July 2003 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMadrid demonstrates a deep knowledge of the literature; uses a sophisticated methodology; treats the subject in a comprehensive, comparative, systematic, and analytical manner; and arrives at reasonable conclusions based on solid evidence....[an] excellent book... -- Governance """[Madrid] demonstrates a mastery of the relevant empirical material, and he makes a convincing case that the causes of pension reform in Latin America are different from the causes of welfare reform more generally."" - American Journal of Sociology ""Madrid demonstrates a deep knowledge of the literature; uses a sophisticated methodology; treats the subject in a comprehensive, comparative, systematic, and analytical manner; and arrives at reasonable conclusions based on solid evidence...[an] excellent book..."" - Governance ""It is hard not to walk away impressed with the breadth of scholarship in Retiring the State"" - Comparative Politics" Author InformationRaúl L. Madrid is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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