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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Martin SchludiPublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press Volume: 4 Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9789053567401ISBN 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  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 ContentsTable 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 - 308ReviewsAuthor InformationMartin Schludi works at the Institut fur Arbeidsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nurnberg (Germany) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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